| Buds |
Thomas Joseph |
14 Oct 2025 |
| Buddies |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Oct 2025 |
| Chums |
Commuter |
23 Sep 2025 |
| Buddies |
Eugene Sheffer |
17 Sep 2025 |
| Chums |
LA Times Daily |
14 Sep 2025 |
| Best buds |
LA Times Daily |
24 Aug 2025 |
| Buddies |
Thomas Joseph |
19 Aug 2025 |
| Buddies |
USA Today |
19 Aug 2025 |
| Friends |
Universal |
13 Aug 2025 |
| New Zealand RTD company, founded in 2019, which mixes premium spirits and real fruit extracts (4) |
|
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| Best of buddies |
|
|
| Buddies |
Newsday |
13 May 2025 |
| Like Tom and Huck |
|
|
| Close friends |
Newsday |
12 May 2025 |
| Close friends |
Newsday |
28 Apr 2025 |
| Friends |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
27 Apr 2025 |
| Good friends |
Newsday |
20 Apr 2025 |
| Like Stan and Ollie |
|
|
| Close friends |
Newsday |
31 Mar 2025 |
| Best buds |
|
|
| Mates, nearly all in paddle steamers originally (4) |
|
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| Good buddies |
Commuter |
15 Mar 2025 |
| Besties |
USA Today |
14 Mar 2025 |
| Cronies |
Commuter |
07 Mar 2025 |
| Buds |
USA Today |
06 Mar 2025 |
| Buds |
LA Times Daily |
05 Mar 2025 |
| Mates |
New York Times |
23 Feb 2025 |
| Buds |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Feb 2025 |
| Buds |
Universal |
16 Feb 2025 |
| Chums |
Mirror Quick |
07 Feb 2025 |
| Hit back at friends |
Mirror Cryptic |
07 Feb 2025 |
| Buds |
New York Times |
07 Feb 2025 |
| Gods, perhaps, are man's best friends (4) |
|
|
| Buddies |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Jan 2025 |
| Good buddies |
Newsday |
05 Jan 2025 |
| Buddies |
Thomas Joseph |
03 Jan 2025 |
| Buds |
Wall Street Journal |
31 Dec 2024 |
| Inner circle members |
LA Times Daily |
29 Dec 2024 |
| Buddies |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Dec 2024 |
| Chums |
New York Times |
19 Dec 2024 |
| Friends, mates |
|
|
| Huck and Tom, e.g. |
|
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| What the crossword setter sees as exquisite, friends! (4) |
|
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| Buddies |
USA Today |
31 Oct 2024 |
| People to hang out with |
New York Times |
26 Oct 2024 |
| Best of buddies |
|
|
| Besties |
New York Times Mini |
13 Oct 2024 |
| Buddies |
Thomas Joseph |
17 Sep 2024 |
| Buds |
Universal |
15 Sep 2024 |
| Good friends |
Newsday |
11 Sep 2024 |
| Associates as comrades or chums, informally speaking |
|
|
| Close friends, informally (4) |
|
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| Friends |
LA Times Daily |
03 Sep 2024 |
| Good buds |
USA Today |
30 Aug 2024 |
| Buds |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Aug 2024 |
| *Wristbones |
Universal |
12 Aug 2024 |
| Good buds |
Newsday |
11 Aug 2024 |
| Buds |
USA Today |
26 Jul 2024 |
| Groups of friends or workmates who joined the British Army in World War One were sometimes kept together in " battalions". (4) |
|
|
| Cronies |
LA Times Daily |
04 Jul 2024 |
| Buds |
Wall Street Journal |
30 May 2024 |
| Cronies |
Newsday |
02 May 2024 |
| "Guys,gals and nonbinary _' (rhyming inclusive address) |
USA Today |
01 May 2024 |
| Friends, but not besties |
|
|
| Roo and Pooh, for instance |
Newsday |
31 Mar 2024 |
| A chap also has chums |
|
|
| Ernie and Bert, usually |
|
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| Buddies |
Eugene Sheffer |
07 Mar 2024 |
| Tom and Huck, for example |
|
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| Close friends |
|
|
| Buds |
New York Times |
22 Dec 2023 |
| Buds |
Thomas Joseph |
16 Dec 2023 |
| Not quite BFFs, but close |
|
|
| Buds |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Nov 2023 |
| Cronies |
Newsday |
24 Sep 2023 |
| Close group |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Sep 2023 |
| Close buddies |
|
|
| Close group |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Aug 2023 |
| Chums |
LA Times Daily |
09 Aug 2023 |
| Buds |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Aug 2023 |
| Parts of a circle |
Newsday |
22 Jul 2023 |
| Tight set |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Jul 2023 |
| Buddies |
Thomas Joseph |
19 Jul 2023 |
| Buddies |
USA Today |
09 Jul 2023 |
| Friend group |
New York Times |
25 Jun 2023 |
| Mates |
New York Times |
06 Jun 2023 |
| Buddies |
USA Today |
01 Jun 2023 |
| Buds |
LA Times Daily |
26 May 2023 |
| Buddies |
Eugene Sheffer |
19 May 2023 |
| Buds |
New York Times |
11 May 2023 |
| Good friends |
Premier Sunday |
07 May 2023 |
| Buds |
Universal |
09 Apr 2023 |
| Playmates |
LA Times Daily |
28 Mar 2023 |
| Buds |
Universal |
24 Mar 2023 |
| BFFs |
LA Times Daily |
05 Mar 2023 |
| Buddies |
LA Times Daily |
03 Mar 2023 |
| Friends |
USA Today |
18 Feb 2023 |
| Close-knit group |
Newsday |
02 Feb 2023 |
| Close ones |
New York Times |
19 Jan 2023 |
| Chums |
Universal |
29 Dec 2022 |
| Friends |
USA Today |
26 Dec 2022 |
| Buds |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Dec 2022 |
| Chums |
Universal |
28 Nov 2022 |
| Buddies |
Eugene Sheffer |
25 Nov 2022 |
| Buddies |
Eugene Sheffer |
03 Nov 2022 |
| Close friends |
|
|
| Calvin and Hobbes, e.g |
New York Times |
23 Oct 2022 |
| Calvin and Hobbes, e.g. |
New York Times |
23 Oct 2022 |
| Gang members |
Newsday |
15 Oct 2022 |
| Good friends |
USA Today |
05 Oct 2022 |
| Buddies |
New York Times |
27 Sep 2022 |
| Chums making hit, going up |
|
|
| Chums making hit, going up |
The Guardian Quiptic |
19 Sep 2022 |
| Amy and Molly in "Booksmart," e.g |
LA Times Daily |
17 Sep 2022 |
| Buddies |
USA Today |
13 Sep 2022 |
| Buds |
LA Times Daily |
27 Jul 2022 |
| Buddies |
Universal |
23 Jul 2022 |
| Buddies |
Newsday |
20 Jun 2022 |
| Buds |
New York Times |
15 Jun 2022 |
| Friends |
USA Today |
11 Jun 2022 |
| Buds |
Thomas Joseph |
26 May 2022 |
| Chums |
LA Times Daily |
15 May 2022 |
| Chums |
The Washington Post |
15 May 2022 |
| Buddies |
Eugene Sheffer |
11 May 2022 |
| Buddies |
Universal |
10 May 2022 |
| Cronies |
Premier Sunday |
03 Apr 2022 |
| Buddies |
USA Today |
29 Mar 2022 |
| Buds |
LA Times Daily |
06 Mar 2022 |
| Buds |
The Washington Post |
06 Mar 2022 |
| People to chill with |
USA Today |
15 Feb 2022 |
| Buds |
New York Times |
07 Feb 2022 |
| Buddies |
Thomas Joseph |
04 Feb 2022 |
| Tight people |
The Washington Post Sunday |
23 Jan 2022 |
| Friends |
New York Times |
14 Dec 2021 |
| Beneficiaries of sleaze initially profited, accumulating large sums |
|
|
| The Golden Girls, to each other |
Universal |
18 Nov 2021 |
| Cronies |
Thomas Joseph |
01 Oct 2021 |
| Buddies |
Thomas Joseph |
08 Sep 2021 |
| Buddies |
Universal |
17 Aug 2021 |
| Chums |
Eugene Sheffer |
22 Jun 2021 |
| Good buddies |
|
|
| Good buddies |
Newsday |
17 May 2021 |
| Best of buddies |
|
|
| Buddies |
Newsday |
26 Apr 2021 |
| Close friends |
Newsday |
06 Apr 2021 |
| Chums |
Newsday |
04 Apr 2021 |
| Buddies |
USA Today |
24 Mar 2021 |
| Buddies |
Universal |
16 Mar 2021 |
| Close-knit group |
Newsday |
24 Jan 2021 |
| Buddies |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Dec 2020 |
| Close friends |
|
|
| Friends |
Universal |
15 Dec 2020 |
| Best buddies |
|
|
| Buds |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Dec 2020 |
| Chums |
USA Today |
19 Nov 2020 |
| Buddies |
LA Times Daily |
29 Sep 2020 |
| Buddies |
The Washington Post |
29 Sep 2020 |
| Buds |
USA Today |
26 Sep 2020 |
| Amigos |
Newsday |
17 Sep 2020 |
| Close friends |
LA Times Daily |
14 Sep 2020 |
| Close friends |
The Washington Post |
14 Sep 2020 |
| Friends |
USA Today |
11 Sep 2020 |
| Besties |
Newsday |
23 Aug 2020 |
| Buddies |
New York Times |
17 Aug 2020 |
| Best buddies |
|
|
| Pen ___ (friends to write to) |
USA Today |
13 Jul 2020 |
| They hang together |
Family Time |
15 Jun 2020 |
| Besties |
LA Times Daily |
17 May 2020 |
| Besties |
The Washington Post |
17 May 2020 |
| Good friends |
Premier Sunday |
10 May 2020 |
| Good friends |
Newsday |
08 Apr 2020 |
| Close group |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Mar 2020 |
| Good buds |
Premier Sunday |
15 Mar 2020 |
| Best buds |
Family Time |
09 Mar 2020 |
| Buds |
Newsday |
29 Feb 2020 |
| Homies |
USA Today |
22 Feb 2020 |
| Buddies |
|
|
| BFFs, e.g |
Universal |
14 Dec 2019 |
| What deprives one of feeling, losing yen for friends? |
|
|
| Buds |
New York Times |
16 Oct 2019 |
| Buds |
|
|
| Friends, informally |
|
|
| Buds |
Universal |
05 Sep 2019 |
| They hang together |
USA Today |
31 Aug 2019 |
| Buds |
LA Times Daily |
31 Aug 2019 |
| Buds |
The Washington Post |
31 Aug 2019 |
| Buddies |
Thomas Joseph |
26 Aug 2019 |
| Mates |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Jul 2019 |
| Chums |
The Washington Post |
15 Jul 2019 |
| Cronies |
Thomas Joseph |
02 Jul 2019 |
| Amigos |
Universal |
21 May 2019 |
| Chums |
LA Times Daily |
17 May 2019 |
| Buddies or amigos |
|
|
| Fred and Barney, e.g |
USA Today |
08 Apr 2019 |
| Pooh and Roo, for two |
Newsday |
04 Apr 2019 |
| Homies |
The New Yorker |
01 Apr 2019 |
| Uplifting clip from Friends? |
Irish Times Crosaire |
30 Mar 2019 |
| Ones to hang with |
USA Today |
21 Mar 2019 |
| Buddies |
Canadiana |
18 Mar 2019 |
| Congratulatory gesture, literally |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Mar 2019 |
| Close friends |
|
|
| Norton and Kramden, to each other |
USA Today |
22 Feb 2019 |
| Kramden and Norton, famously |
USA Today |
11 Feb 2019 |
| Buddies |
Eugene Sheffer |
04 Jan 2019 |
| Buds |
|
|
| Friends |
|
|
| Fred and Barney, e.g. |
|
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| Mates |
|
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| Congratulatory gesture, literally |
|
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| Buds |
|
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| Amigos |
|
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| Buddies |
|
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| Buds |
|
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| Chums |
|
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| They hang together |
|
|
| Ones to hang with |
|
|
| Norton and Kramden, to each other |
|
|
| Kramden and Norton, famously |
|
|
| Closest comrades? |
|
|
| Close friends |
Universal |
15 Oct 2018 |
| Comrades |
The Washington Post |
14 Sep 2018 |
| Comrades |
LA Times Daily |
14 Sep 2018 |
| Close friends |
|
|
| Buds |
The New Yorker |
02 Jul 2018 |
| Friends |
|
|
| Friends hit back |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
05 Jun 2018 |
| More than casual acquaintances |
LA Times Daily |
24 May 2018 |
| More than casual acquaintances |
The Washington Post |
24 May 2018 |
| Best buds |
USA Today |
20 May 2018 |
| Buds |
Thomas Joseph |
24 Mar 2018 |
| Kramden and Norton, e.g |
USA Today |
17 Mar 2018 |
| Cronies |
The Washington Post Sunday |
11 Mar 2018 |
| Close associates |
Newsday |
04 Mar 2018 |
| Norton and Kramden, famously |
USA Today |
12 Feb 2018 |
| Folks to hang with |
USA Today |
06 Jan 2018 |
| Norton and Kramden, famously |
|
|
| Folks to hang with |
|
|
| Best buds |
|
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| Buddies |
|
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| Close friends |
|
|
| More than casual acquaintances |
|
|
| Comrades |
|
|
| Cronies and chums |
Universal |
25 Nov 2017 |
| Bosom buddies |
USA Today |
16 Nov 2017 |
| Friends or chums |
Family Time |
12 Nov 2017 |
| Amigos |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Sep 2017 |
| Chums from make-up counter |
|
|
| Friends |
LA Times Daily |
29 Aug 2017 |
| Friends |
The Washington Post |
29 Aug 2017 |
| People to hang with |
USA Today |
03 Aug 2017 |
| Guys to hang with |
USA Today |
20 May 2017 |
| Good buddies |
Universal |
28 Apr 2017 |
| Friends that surround the answers to 21-, 26-, 43- and 50-Across |
USA Today |
25 Apr 2017 |
| Good chums |
Universal |
22 Apr 2017 |
| Besties |
Universal |
02 Mar 2017 |
| Best buds |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Feb 2017 |
| BFFs |
The Washington Post |
04 Feb 2017 |
| People to hang with |
|
|
| Besties |
|
|
| Cronies and chums |
|
|
| Good buddies |
|
|
| Good chums |
|
|
| Friends |
|
|
| Besties |
|
|
| Bosom buddies |
|
|
| Friends that surround the answers to 21-, 26-, 43- and 50-Across |
|
|
| Guys to hang with |
|
|
| Tight bunch |
Newsday |
10 Dec 2016 |
| Good buddies |
USA Today |
18 Sep 2016 |
| Buds |
Jonesin |
19 Jul 2016 |
| Laverne and Shirley, e.g |
New York Times |
08 Jul 2016 |
| Close associates |
Universal |
04 Jan 2016 |
| Laverne and Shirley, e.g. |
|
|
| Good buddies |
|
|
| Close associates |
|
|
| Close associates |
USA Today |
07 Dec 2015 |
| Buds |
Eugene Sheffer |
19 Nov 2015 |
| Fast friends |
Universal |
26 Jan 2015 |
| Close associates |
|
|
| Buddies |
|
|
| Best buds |
|
|
| Fast friends |
|
|
| Close friends |
|
|
| Friends hit back |
|
|
| Coterie components |
|
|
| Amigos |
|
|
| Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer, e.g. |
|
|
| Friends |
|
|
| Archie and Jughead, e.g. |
|
|
| They're close |
|
|
| Buddies |
|
|
| They hang out together |
|
|
| "Best buds" |
|
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| Comrades |
|
|
| Chums |
|
|
| Folks to hang with |
|
|
| It surrounds the puzzles' long answers |
|
|
| Close group |
|
|
| Mates |
|
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| Best buds |
|
|
| Paisanos |
|
|
| Buds on the playground |
|
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| Friends |
|
|
| Bosom buddies |
|
|
| Best buds |
|
|
| Mates |
|
|
| Fred and Barney, e.g. |
|
|
| Good buds |
|
|
| They're thick as thieves |
|
|
| Posse |
|
|
| Chums |
|
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| Friends |
|
|
| Best buds |
|
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| Compadres |
|
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| Mates |
|
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| Buds |
|
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| Tight group |
|
|
| Cronies |
|
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| Sidekicks |
|
|
| Homeboys |
|
|
| Cronies |
|
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| Close ones |
|
|
| Good buddies |
|
|
| People to hang with |
|
|
| Sidekicks |
|
|
| Spanky and Buckwheat, to Alfalfa |
|
|
| People to hang out with |
|
|
| Folks to hang out with |
|
|
| Buds |
|
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| Homeys |
|
|
| Hangs (around with) |
|
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| Buddies |
|
|
| Hangs (around with) |
|
|
| Homeys |
|
|
| Alfalfa and Buckwheat, to Spanky |
|
|
| Ones to hang with |
|
|
| They hang together |
|
|
| They're close |
|
|
| Posse members |
|
|
| Ralph and Norton or Norm and Cliff, e.g. |
|
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| Compadres |
|
|
| Buds |
|
|
| Ones to hang with |
|
|
| They hang together |
|
|
| Buds |
|
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| Chums |
|
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| Cronies |
|
|
| The gang |
|
|
| Gang members |
|
|
| Amigos |
|
|
| Amigos |
|
|
| Intimates |
|
|
| Coterie components |
|
|
| Buds |
|
|
| Tight group |
|
|
| Buddies |
|
|
| Tom and Huck, say |
|
|
| Kramden and Norton, e.g. |
|
|
| Close friends |
|
|
| Peeps |
|
|
| Close-knit group |
|
|
| Good buds |
|
|
| Chums |
|
|
| Buds |
|
|
| Chums |
|
|
| Good buddies |
|
|
| Comrades |
|
|
| Buddies |
|
|
| "Seinfeld" quartet, e.g. |
|
|
| They're close |
|
|
| "Seinfeld" quartet, e.g. |
|
|
| They're close |
|
|
| Best friends |
|
|
| They may be found hanging together |
|
|
| Buds |
|
|
| Amigos |
|
|
| Chums |
|
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| Comrades |
|
|
| Good buddies |
|
|
| Best buds |
|
|
| Clubmates |
|
|
| Homeys |
|
|
| Cronies |
|
|
| They hang together |
|
|
| Compadres |
|
|
| Alfalfa and Porky, to Spanky |
|
|
| Comrades |
|
|
| Good buddies |
|
|
| Best buddies |
|
|
| Bosom buddies |
|
|
| Intimate friends |
|
|
| Bosom buddies |
|
|
| Good buds |
|
|
| See 38 Across |
|
|
| Cronies |
|
|
| Cronies |
|
|
| Comrades |
|
|
| Sidekicks |
|
|
| Intimates |
|
|
| Bros |
|
|
| Fred and Barney, e.g. |
|
|
| Buddies |
|
|
| Fast friends |
|
|
| Sidekicks |
|
|
| Good buddies |
|
|
| Good friends |
|
|
| Cronies |
|
|
| Close associates |
|
|
| Coterie components |
|
|
| Good friends |
|
|
| Tight set |
|
|
| Mutt and Jeff, e.g. |
|
|
| They hang together |
|
|
| People to hang with |
|
|
| Good buds |
|
|
| Cronies |
|
|
| Alter egos |
|
|
| Comrades |
|
|
| Fred and Barney, e.g. |
|
|
| Roommates, usually |
|
|
| Best buddies |
|
|
| Chums |
|
|
| Mutt and Jeff e.g. |
|
|
| Cronies |
|
|
| Comrades |
|
|
| Jokes (around) |
|
|
| Amigos |
|
|
| Buddies |
|
|
| Cohorts |
|
|
| Plays (around with) |
|
|
| Inner circle members |
|
|
| Is friendly, with "around" |
|
|
| Chums |
|
|
| Gleason and Carney on TV |
|
|
| Sidekicks |
|
|
| Mutt and Jeff, e.g. |
|
|
| Friends who strike back? |
|
|
| What Penrod and Sam were |
|
|
| Bosom buddies |
|
|
| Finn and Sawyer, e.g. |
|
|
| ComPADRES |
|
|
| Yokefellows |
|
|
| Joey et al. |
|
|
| Bosom friends |
|
|
| Pen ___ |
|
|
| Friends |
|
|
| Buddies. |
|
|
| Cronies. |
|
|
| Bros |
|
|
| A boy and his dog. |
|
|
| Damon and Pythias, in the vernacular. |
|
|
| Chums. |
|
|
| Intimates. |
|
|
| Dear friends. |
|
|
| Real friends. |
|
|
| Pen ___. |
|
|
| Close friends. |
|
|
| Boon companions. |
|
|
| Good friends. |
|
|
| Side-kicks. |
|
|
| Partners: Slang. |
|
|
| Accomplices. |
|
|
| Companions. |
|
|
| Best friends. |
|
|