Life partner
The crossword clue "Life partner" is answered by MATE, a 4-letter entry. Used 16 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
MATE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MATE answer page.
Used 16 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- SOULMATE (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for MATE
Every other clue in this collection answered by MATE, most used first.
- Spouse - used 99 times, most recently in 2025
- Partner - used 86 times, most recently in 2026
- Husband or wife - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Buddy - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Chess win - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- "G'day, ___!" - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Chess ending - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Deck worker - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Pal - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Deck officer - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
- One of a pair - used 14 times, most recently in 2012
- Chess finale - used 12 times, most recently in 2017
- Aussie pal - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Ship's officer. - used 11 times, most recently in 1977
- Significant other - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Brisbane buddy - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
- End of a chess game - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Aussie's pal - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Final check - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- "G'day" recipient - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Perth pal - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Chess game ending - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Counterpart - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Crew member - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
- Game-ending word - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Matching sock - 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.
- Currier's partner - IVES, used 222 times
- Life of Riley - EASE, used 109 times
- Larger-than-life - EPIC, used 101 times
- Ollie's partner - STAN, used 83 times
- Dance partner? - SONG, used 67 times
- Radius partner - ULNA, used 66 times
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