Solutions ... hand (helped out) has 9 entries with similar clues
- medeaShe helped Jason to fleece her dad
- aidedHelped
- sprungHelped by a third party to escape from jail
- ihadto"It couldn't be helped"
- ariadneMythical daughter of Minos who helped Theseus to escape
- abettedHelped a felon
- assistedHelped
- needs-mustIt can't be helped
- louispasteurBacteriologist who helped to finally discredit the theory of spontaneous generation (of living things)