Friend of Androcles

The answer

LION

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LION answer page.

Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for LION

Every other clue in this collection answered by LION, most used first.

• Celebrity - used 61 times, most recently in 2017
• King of the jungle - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
• Pride member - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• King of beasts - used 22 times, most recently in 2016
• Sphinx, in part - used 20 times, most recently in 2022
• Jungle beast - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
• MGM mascot - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• Roaring beast - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Safari sight - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Big cat - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• MGM symbol - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
• Simba. - used 13 times, most recently in 1995
• Simba, for one - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Animal in a pride - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• He has his pride - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• Jungle king - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
• Serengeti cat - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Jungle roarer - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Literary ___ - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Oz visitor - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Serengeti stalker - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Zodiac animal - used 9 times, most recently in 2007
• Zodiac beast - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
• Part of a griffin - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Safari sighting - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Symbol of courage - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Symbol of Great Britain - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• "The ___ in Winter" - used 8 times, most recently in 2004
• Bert Lahr role - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
• Emblem of Great Britain - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
• Jungle monarch - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
• Narnia's Aslan, e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Roaring feline - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Animal with a mane - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Columbia athlete - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Den denizen - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Friend of Dorothy - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Griffin, in part - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Half of a griffin - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Literary celebrity - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Sphinx, mostly - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• "The ___, the Witch and the Wardrobe" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• French friend - AMIE, used 144 times
• Friend - ALLY, used 96 times
• "My Friend __" - IRMA, used 45 times
• Friend in war - ALLY, used 40 times
• "Friends" friend - ROSS, used 31 times
• French female friend - AMIE, used 27 times

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