Crossword answer
ALLAY
5 letters · Used for 14 different clues · 32 appearances · Last seen Evening Standard, July 13, 2026
Letter pattern
ALLAY
Clues that lead to ALLAY
Most recent firstClueLettersPuzzleLast seen
A friend out to lighten your troubles5Evening StandardJul 13, 2026
Lessen, mollify5Puzzle PageJun 23, 2026
Relieve everybody on some days5Evening StandardJan 21, 2026
Name the song to make things easier5Evening StandardJan 10, 2026
Relieve, soothe5Evening StandardJan 6, 2026
Soothe5Evening StandardNov 24, 2025
Help to soothe5NewsdayJun 22, 2025
Lighten with a song, we hear5Evening StandardNov 4, 2024
Calm a boring colleague5The IndependentOct 30, 2024
Relieve5Evening StandardJan 30, 2024
A friend possessing a brave heart will relieve things5Evening StandardAug 28, 2023
Alleviate5Evening StandardJun 15, 2023
Alleviate everything for some days5Evening StandardMay 15, 2023
Make things easier for everybody on reduced pay5Evening StandardSep 3, 2019
About ALLAY in crosswords
ALLAY is a 5-letter answer that has appeared 32 times in our database across 14 different clues. It was most recently the answer to “A friend out to lighten your troubles” in the Evening Standard crossword on July 13, 2026.
Other 5-letter answers
OGRESFairy-tale menaces (5)
HARESFast runners
OUTROSection at the end of a song
OTTERSea critter
COINSChange
RERANShowed again on TV
MAGMAHeat source for many hydrothermal vents
TREATHandle
RIDERJockey
DONUTHole food
AROSEEmerged
AGLOWA little light is shining
PEACEPiece to listen to in silence
MEDAYLittle solo break
Every appearance of ALLAY (32)
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Jul 13, 2026
A friend out to lighten your troubles · Evening Standard · 18 Down
Jun 23, 2026
Lessen, mollify · Puzzle Page · 3 Down
Jan 21, 2026
Relieve everybody on some days · Evening Standard · 10 Across
Jan 10, 2026
Name the song to make things easier · Evening Standard · 10 Across
Jan 6, 2026
Relieve, soothe · Evening Standard · 16 Down
Nov 24, 2025
Soothe · Evening Standard · 14 Across
Jul 16, 2025
Relieve, soothe · Evening Standard · 1 Across
Jun 22, 2025
Help to soothe · Newsday · Down
Nov 4, 2024
Lighten with a song, we hear · Evening Standard · 30 Down
Oct 30, 2024
Calm a boring colleague · The Independent · 23 Down
Jan 30, 2024
Relieve · Evening Standard · 30 Down
Dec 20, 2023
Relieve · Evening Standard · 22 Across
Aug 28, 2023
A friend possessing a brave heart will relieve things · Evening Standard · 30 Down
Jun 15, 2023
Alleviate · Evening Standard · 8 Across
May 15, 2023
Alleviate everything for some days · Evening Standard · 19 Across
Jan 3, 2023
Soothe · Evening Standard · 1 Down
Dec 19, 2022
Soothe · Evening Standard · 17 Down
Oct 19, 2022
Relieve · Eugene Sheffer · 23 Down
Jun 28, 2022
Soothe · Evening Standard · 20 Across
Jun 16, 2022
Relieve · Eugene Sheffer · 39 Down
Nov 29, 2021
Relieve, soothe · Evening Standard · 16 Down
Jun 1, 2021
A friend out to lighten your troubles · Evening Standard · 18 Down
Sep 10, 2020
Relieve everybody on some days · Evening Standard · 10 Across
Aug 20, 2020
Name the song to make things easier · Evening Standard · 10 Across
Aug 10, 2020
Relieve, soothe · Evening Standard · 16 Down
May 6, 2020
Soothe · Evening Standard · 14 Across
Nov 26, 2019
Soothe · Evening Standard · 8 Across
Nov 4, 2019
Lighten with a song, we hear · Evening Standard · 30 Down
Sep 3, 2019
Make things easier for everybody on reduced pay · Evening Standard · 19 Across
Jun 24, 2019
Relieve · Evening Standard · 9 Across
Apr 23, 2019
Relieve, soothe · Evening Standard · 1 Across
Jan 2, 2018
Relieve · Evening Standard · 30 Down