Sailor meaning a great deal to his friend(7 letters)

Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Sailor meaning a great deal to his friend”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 8th January 2025.

The answer is

M A T E L O T

7 letters · most recently seen on 8th January 2025

Other clues that solve to MATELOT

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#35 across A sailor giving an officer a parcel (7) 17th July 2026
#21 down Sailor with his chum a great deal (7) 30th June 2026
#15 across Sailor (7) 1st December 2025
#21 down Sailor finishing breakfast in the motel maybe (7) 17th November 2025
#19 down An officer has, below him, many a sailor (7) 10th October 2025
#13 across Jack causes me total confusion (7) 4th October 2025
#21 down Sailor who made a fortune for ship's officer? (7) 28th July 2025
#25 across Sailor organising a team a good deal (7) 13th July 2025
#8 across Jack and Tom came back late, stumbling in (7) 13th June 2025
#31 across Rating or officer - destiny will reveal (7) 11th April 2025
#12 down Sailor meaning a great deal to his friend (7) 8th January 2025
#29 across In the navy, he means a good deal to his friend (7) 14th March 2024
#21 down Jack, a friend to many (7) 28th November 2023
#13 down In the navy, he adds a good deal to a reshuffled team (7) 31st August 2023
#15 across Sailor (7) 9th November 2022
#23 down Sailor causing me total confusion (7) 20th June 2022
#35 across A sailor giving an officer a parcel (7) 9th July 2021
#21 down Sailor with his chum a great deal (7) 12th May 2021
#8 across Jack and Tom came back late, stumbling in (7) 12th June 2020
#15 across Sailor (7) 15th May 2020
#31 across Rating or officer – destiny will reveal (7) 24th April 2020
#13 across Jack causes me total confusion (7) 24th March 2020
#13 down Jack means much to his chum (7) 19th September 2019
#25 across Sailor organising a team a good deal (7) 30th April 2019
#12 down Sailor meaning a great deal to his friend (7) 15th October 2018
#29 across In the navy, he means a good deal to his friend (7) 9th January 2018

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Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 8th January 2025. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.

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#3 across In Formula One, he was in favour of finishing fast (5)
#4 down I ran out in the wet (4)
#5 down You'll observe, now and then, that it balances (6)
#6 down Plants grown by sailors out East? (5)
#7 down One philosophical about the cost of straying out of line? (5)
#8 across In Birmingham, a street ahead (5)
#9 down Briefly, it's positively assertive (3)
#10 across A dirty globe? (5)
#11 across Teacher is backward at any one of the three Rs! (3)