| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| OLDBOYS | "Good" loyal friends |
| DAMONS | Figuratively, loyal friends. |
| FAST | Loyal, as friends. |
| FAST | Firmly loyal, as friends |
| PALS | Good friends |
| PALS | Good friends. |
| CHUMS | Good friends |
| BUDS | Good friends |
| TIGHT | Like good friends |
| CLOSECOMPANIONS | Very good friends |
| BOND | Become good friends, say |
| BESTBUDS | More than good friends, colloquially |
| ARMINARM | How good friends may walk |
| LOIS | "Such Good Friends" novelist Gould |
| OPE | "To his good friends thus wide I'll ... my arms": Laertes |
| OPE | "To his good friends thus wide I'll ... my arms": "Hamlet" |
