- PALS
- Buddies
- Best friends
- Good buddies
- Comrades
- Buds on the playground
- Friendos
- BFFs
- Buddy buddy?
- Laverne and Shirley, famously
- Fred and Barney, e.g.
- Bros
- Chums
- Buds
- Bosom buddies
- Posse
- The gang
- Cronies
- They hang together
- Sidekicks
- Amigos
- Jerry Seinfeld and George Costanza, e.g.
- Folks to hoist a few with
- Friends
- Good buds
- Good friends
- Intimate friends
- Alfalfa and Porky, to Spanky
- Close friends
- Alfalfa and Buckwheat, to Spanky
- Spanky and Buckwheat, to Alfalfa
- Compadres
- They're thick as thieves
- Paisanos
- Archie and Jughead, e.g.
- Best buds
- The ___ (2015 NBC miniseries)
- TIGHT
- Best buddies
- Roommates, usually
- They're close
- Seinfeld quartet, e.g.
- Ones to hang with
- Hangs (around with)
- Homeys
- Mates
- Besties
- More than casual acquaintances
- Amy and Molly in "Booksmart," e.g.
- Playmates
- Close associates
- Coterie components
- Close-knit group
- Folks to hang out with
- People to hang out with
- Close ones
- Folks to hang with
- It surrounds the puzzles' long answers
- They hang out together
- Tight bunch
- Pooh and Roo, for two
- Gang members
- Parts of a circle
- Peeps
- Pen ___.
- Intimates
- Posse members
- Accomplices.
- Partners: Slang.
- Companions.
- A boy and his dog.
- Boon companions.
- Real friends.
- Dear friends.
- Damon and Pythias, in the vernacular.
- Bosom friends
- Joey et al.
- Yokefellows
- Finn and Sawyer, e.g.
- What Penrod and Sam were
- Friends who strike back?
- Mutt and Jeff, e.g.
- Gleason and Carney on TV
- Inner circle members
- Is friendly, with "around"
- Cohorts
- Plays (around with)
- Jokes (around)
- Alter egos
- People to hang with
- Homeboys
- Clubmates
- Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer, e.g.
- Laverne and Shirley, e.g.
- Calvin and Hobbes, e.g.
- See 38 Across
- Homies
- Gal ___ (friend group)
- Fast friends
- They may be found hanging together
- Kramden and Norton, e.g.
- Cronies and chums
- Good chums
- BFFs, e.g.
- Bert and Ernie, to each other
- *Wristbones
- People to chill with
- Tom and Huck, say
- Ralph and Norton or Norm and Cliff, e.g.
- Guys to hang with
- Friends that surround the answers to 21-, 26-, 43- and 50-Across
- Norton and Kramden, famously
- Norton and Kramden, to each other
- Pen ___ (friends to write to)
- Guys, gals and nonbinary ___ (rhyming inclusive address)
- Tight group
- Close bunch
- Tight people
- Close group
- Tight set
- Congratulatory gesture, literally
