Mates
The crossword clue "Mates" is answered by LADS, a 4-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LADS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LADS answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for LADS
Every other clue in this collection answered by LADS, most used first.
- Young fellows - used 99 times, most recently in 2026
- Boys - used 82 times, most recently in 2026
- Young chaps - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Young men - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Chaps - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
- Striplings - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Youths - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Young blokes - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Fellows - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Shavers - used 16 times, most recently in 2016
- Youngsters - used 16 times, most recently in 2014
- Young boys - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Young fellas - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Fellas - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Little shavers - used 11 times, most recently in 2017
- Young guys - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Little guys - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Little boys - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Schoolboys - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Sonny boys - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Rams' mates - EWES, used 83 times
- Former mates - EXES, used 76 times
- Bucks' mates - DOES, used 45 times
- Ewes' mates - RAMS, used 33 times
- Carrots' mates - PEAS, used 24 times
- Boars' mates - SOWS, used 18 times
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