Affiliations
The crossword clue "Affiliations" is answered by TIES, a 4-letter entry. Used 13 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
TIES
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TIES answer page.
Used 13 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for TIES
Every other clue in this collection answered by TIES, most used first.
- Connections - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
- Draws - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- No-win situations? - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Cravats - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Even scores - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Binds - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Bonds - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Dead heats - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
- Alliances - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Links - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Makes a knot in - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Trash bag closers - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Gets even with - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Knotted neckwear - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Oxfords. - used 11 times, most recently in 1962
- Father's Day gifts - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
- Makes a bow - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Bow and neck - used 9 times, most recently in 2007
- Causes of overtime - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Knots - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Overtime causes - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Reasons for extra innings - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Gets even - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Neckwear - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Rail supports - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Ascots - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
- Associations - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Sleepers. - used 7 times, most recently in 1971
- Accessories for suits - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Causes for overtime - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Deadlocks - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Evens the score - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- "Family ___" - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Makes a knot - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- They bind - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
Related clues
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- Adolescent - TEEN, used 338 times
- Story - TALE, used 293 times
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