Related Clues:

• Pal, amigo
• Pal, mate
• Ally, supporter
• 'A . . . . . . in need is a . . . . . . indeed'
• One you know well and regard with affection
• He's all for you just before the start of Sat
• One likes you to have the fir in bits at last
• When the last of 27 across one is not 31 across you
• It's good to have one just before Saturday, in short
• On your side just before Saturday
• Does this one, like you, have been in the pan around the North?
• The last of the first of Friday is a Quaker
• Before that start of Sat, pal
• Sat start after this, so you'd like to have one
• Just before 14 down, that makes one 31 across (6)