Downs' partner
The crossword clue "Downs' partner" is answered by UPS, a 3-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1971. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
UPS
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the UPS answer page.
Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1971. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for UPS
Every other clue in this collection answered by UPS, most used first.
- FedEx rival - used 145 times, most recently in 2026
- Good times - used 103 times, most recently in 2026
- Boom times - used 84 times, most recently in 2026
- Increases - used 81 times, most recently in 2026
- Raises - used 62 times, most recently in 2025
- FedEx alternative - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ and downs - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
- FedEx competitor - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
- High times - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
- DHL competitor - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Boosts - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Bullish times - used 16 times, most recently in 2017
- Company with brown trucks - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- High points - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
- Hikes - used 15 times, most recently in 2016
- Brown truck co. - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
- Delivery company - used 12 times, most recently in 2006
- Escalates - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Good periods - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Emotional peaks - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Highs - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Increases, as a bet - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Increases, as the ante - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Periods of prosperity - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Shipping co. - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Bull markets - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- DHL rival - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Happy times - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Prosperous periods - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Raises, as the ante - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Alternative to FedEx - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
- Downs' opposite - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Prosperous times - 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.
- Neither's partner - NOR, used 359 times
- Bill's partner - COO, used 159 times
- Neither partner - NOR, used 151 times
- Shock partner - AWE, used 110 times
- Hither's partner - YON, used 102 times
- To's partner - FRO, used 88 times
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