Related Clues:

• Wartime partner
• Down Under pal
• Bosun's ___
• King's downfall, maybe
• Final check
• 9-Across ending
• Captain's subordinate
• Best on a chessboard
• Missing sock
• Other half
• Other sock, say
• Colleague in combat
• Play or room follower
• Queer-positive straight person, as it were
• McBeal once on TV