Word "CLOSE" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
cease to operate or cause to cease operating
Synonyms:
close down, close up, fold, shut down
Examples:
The owners decided to move and to close the factory
My business closes every night at 8 P.M.
close up the shop

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
come to a close
Synonyms:
conclude
Examples:
The concert closed with a nocturne by Chopin

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
Synonyms:
near, nigh
Examples:
she was close to tears
had a close call

Crossword Clues for CLOSE

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Clue Source Date
Seal, say New York Times 19 Oct 2025
Nearby The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 08 Oct 2025
Word before "call" or "talker" USA Today 30 Sep 2025
Almost there USA Today 24 Sep 2025
Humid, muggy The Times Concise 18 Sep 2025
Bring to an end The Telegraph Plusword 13 Sep 2025
In the area Thomas Joseph 23 Aug 2025
Seal, as a deal The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 12 Aug 2025
Nearby Thomas Joseph 06 Aug 2025
"You're getting warmer!" New York Times 05 Aug 2025
Stop nearby The Times Cryptic 25 Jul 2025
Getting warm a" and muggy (5)
Costar of 1 Across: Glenn _
Surname of actress Glenn (5)
"Almost!" USA Today 14 Jul 2025
Stifling end (5) The Guardian Quick Cryptic 12 Jul 2025
The end is near (5)
_ Encounters of the Third Kind, 1977 sci-fl film (5)
Glenn __, star of The Wife (5) The Guardian Weekend 05 Jul 2025
Shut up when it's near the cathedral (5)
Glenn ___, Fatal Attraction star (5)
"You just missed" Newsday 22 Jun 2025
Shut (5) Mirror Classic 20 Jun 2025
With 3-Down, join together in a show of unity
To shut (5)
"Not quite" Universal 15 Jun 2025
In the end, many fail (5)
Conclude it's heavy (5)
To shut (S)
Muggy by the end (5)
"___ Encounters of the Third Kind"
Finish by being mean-fisted (5)
Near The Telegraph Quick 08 May 2025
A number are beaten by a very narrow margin (5)
Not quite up to the mark, many get beaten (5)
Nearby (5) Puzzler 20 Apr 2025
Shut, as a door
Finish the cold sole somehow (5)
Within walking distance
Conclude it's a quiet residential street (5)
Stop trading (of shop)
"Intimate" is almost right (5)
Shut up about being so mean-fisted (5)
Hard-fought (5)
Like a match hard-fought yet very friendly (5)
Stuffy clubs fail to win The Telegraph Cryptic 19 Mar 2025
___ call, phrase you may use on avoiding an almost disaster
Getting warm - and muggy (5)
101 Dalmatians star: Glenn -
Shut Mirror Classic 03 Mar 2025
Brian. cricketer who, against New Zealand in 1949, became the youngest to represent England at Test level (5)
Very near the end The Sun Two Speed 24 Feb 2025
Cessation The Sun Two Speed 24 Feb 2025
Who does Michael Douglas have an affair with in Fatal Attraction? (5)
Too ___ for comfort
Stay ____, miniseries from a 9 Across book The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 13 Feb 2025
Neck and neck at the finish (5)
Shut Mirror Classic 01 Feb 2025
In the ballpark New York Times Mini 31 Jan 2025
Finish play? Near! (5)
Seal the deal Wall Street Journal 18 Jan 2025
Glenn of Air Force One
Local cul de-sac (5)
Glenn _, Hollywood A-Iister famed for her Fatal Attraction role (5)
Not far from the cathedral precincts (5)
Glenn _, Hollywood A-lister famed for her Fatal Attraction role (5)
Cathedral precinct lacking fresh air (5)
Neck and neck at the end (5)
Well nigh a cul-de-sac? (5)
Stuffy muggy (5)
Near The Telegraph Quick 10 Dec 2024
Shut Mirror Classic 02 Dec 2024
After a century, be beaten in a near thing! (5)
Seal a deal
Thick as thieves at the end (5)
Near a quiet road (5)
Near to getting caught, the sole escapes (5)
It's near the cathedral (5)
Charlie to get away from 17ac (5) The Guardian Cryptic 31 Oct 2024
A little street nearby (5)
Only near the finish? (5)
A finish that's neck and neck (5)
Finalise, as a deal
Muggy (atmosphere) (5)
Finish by being great friends (5)
"Sultry" is near (5)
Glenn of Albert Nobbs
Shut The Telegraph Mini 18 Sep 2024
Near to the end (5)
Hot and humid by the end (5)
Shut USA Today 16 Sep 2024
Many are beaten, but it was a near thing (5)
Near cul-de-sac (5)
Actor only 26 27, unable to light up though, just not winning (5,3,2,5)
Friendly with Glenn?
Figure by which you're beaten at the end (5)
Fatal Attraction star, Glenn ...
Not far from the cathedral precinct (5)
Near The Telegraph Quick 27 Aug 2024
Thick as thieves, you conclude (5)
End of play makes the atmosphere stuffy (5)
Near The Telegraph Quick 13 Aug 2024
Complete the deal LA Times Daily 11 Aug 2024
Shut down Newsday 04 Aug 2024
Shut Mirror Classic 03 Aug 2024
"Not quite ..." Universal 21 Jul 2024
Muggy (5) Puzzler 17 Jul 2024
It is near the street by the cathedral (5)
End by being very friendly (5)
Stop being mean
"So ___ yet so far"
"___ your eyes" (instruction to the surprise party VIP, perhaps)
Glenn ___: "Fatal Attraction" actress (5)
Within reach The Telegraph Mini 03 Jul 2024
A number suffer defeat, but there's not much in it (5)
Conclude it will be sharply contested (5)
100 are defeated by a small margin (5)
Shut: - the door
Near a cul-de-sac (5)
It is near to being stuffy (5)
Forbid access to the cathedral precinct (5)
Shut(5) Mirror Classic 23 May 2024
Stop up for the finish (5)
Nearby Newsday 20 May 2024
Cubs at the outset fail to keep near by (5)
Secret clubs don't prevail (5) The Guardian Cryptic 17 May 2024
Nearby in a cul de sac (5)
It's heavy to shut (5)
Mean to shut up shop (5)
Nearby; finish
Shut Commuter 09 Apr 2024
100 fail to keep it so we shut it out
Shut up. We're almost there (5)
The end is imminent
___ call, phrase you may use on avoiding an almost disaster
Intimate it's neck and neck (5)
Very near Newsday 11 Mar 2024
Mean-fisted? Shut up! (5)
Shutter up Newsday 07 Mar 2024
As some extraterrestrial encounters? (5)
Near enough to having a back green (5)
100 are defeated, but the margin was narrow (5)
Shut Mirror Tea Time 22 Feb 2024
Damages star Glenn
Too ___ for comfort
Nearby Thomas Joseph 15 Feb 2024
Bosom pals, you conclude (5)
Glenn or Eric
About to be defeated and shut (5)
Thick as thieves by the end (5)
Directly adjacent (5)
Wind up as great friends (5)
Intimate it's not far off (5)
Nearby Family Time 29 Jan 2024
End is near
Heavy, but it's not far to go (5)
Nearby USA Today 11 Jan 2024
Glenn ___, star of Fatal Attraction (5)
Not far from being muggy (5)
It's shut up but a little sun comes through (5)
Shut up! (5)
Not far USA Today 20 Dec 2023
Getting warm - and humid (5)
Fatal Attraction and Dangerous Liaisons star, Glenn _ (5)
Seal up New York Times 12 Dec 2023
Stuffy bar
Precinct around a cathedral is nearby (5)
Palsy-walsy, you conclude (5)
Nearby Thomas Joseph 17 Nov 2023
Within reach Wall Street Journal 16 Nov 2023
(2/6) Now, lie or sit down, ___ your eyes and breathe in and breathe out. Focus on each breath you intake and release.
Like a tight race Universal 13 Jul 2023
In the neighborhood Wall Street Journal 06 Jun 2023
Right around the corner LA Times Daily 22 Apr 2023
"Keep your friends ___, and your enemies..."
"___, but no cigar!"
Nearby Eugene Sheffer 11 Mar 2023
Within a point or two, as scores New York Times 26 Feb 2023
Nearby Universal 12 Feb 2023
Nearby Eugene Sheffer 14 Jan 2023
'Almost!' USA Today 21 Dec 2022
End LA Times Daily 03 Dec 2022
Intimate Wall Street Journal 19 Nov 2022
Nearby The Guardian Quick 07 Oct 2022
Nearby USA Today 15 Sep 2022
Nearby Newsday 07 Sep 2022
"You're almost there!"
Block road nearby The Telegraph Toughie 17 Jun 2022
"___ To Me (Remix)," 2019 song by K-pop's Red Velvet, Ellie Goulding, and Diplo
Almost there USA Today 01 Jun 2022
Word before "call" or "contact" Universal 31 May 2022
Near at hand or humid Irish Times Simplex 27 Apr 2022
Kind of shave or call
Stop feeding wrong dose to fool The Guardian Cryptic 17 Feb 2022
Like a good guess, say
In the neighborhood Wall Street Journal 26 Jan 2022
In the vicinity Newsday 19 Jan 2022
Nearby Eugene Sheffer 04 Jan 2022
Nearly tied Newsday 25 Sep 2021
''Just missed!'' Newsday 12 Sep 2021
No through road that's shut The Telegraph Cryptic 01 Sep 2021
Near at hand and humid Irish Times Simplex 10 Aug 2021
"___ your eyes" (instructions before a big surprise)
Nearby Eugene Sheffer 02 Jul 2021
Finish up Newsday 14 Apr 2021
'Almost!' The Washington Post 29 Mar 2021
"Almost!" LA Times Daily 29 Mar 2021
Like games decided by buzzer beaters New York Times 04 Mar 2021
Thick as thieves New York Times 20 Feb 2021
Right next to you Family Time 14 Feb 2021
Shut. Shot
"___ Talker," iconic phrase from "Seinfeld" used to describe someone who encroaches on your personal space while talking
Getting warm, so to speak New York Times 17 Jan 2021
Around the corner, say USA Today 01 Dec 2020
Conclusion LA Times Daily 28 Nov 2020
Not a blowout Newsday 28 Nov 2020
Conclusion The Washington Post 28 Nov 2020
Not quite worthy of a cigar? The Washington Post 25 Nov 2020
Within easy reach Family Time 28 Sep 2020
Cuddling Newsday 21 Aug 2020
Private bar The Telegraph Toughie 29 Jul 2020
With 85-Across, uncomfortably accurate New York Times 28 Jun 2020
All sides today in Cork Irish Times Crosaire 20 Jun 2020
Not far off USA Today 16 Jun 2020
In the neighborhood, say
Within walking distance Universal 10 Apr 2020
In the area Thomas Joseph 10 Apr 2020
Very near Newsday 30 Mar 2020
With 47-Across, get the buyer to buy New York Times 10 Mar 2020
Finish third in race and be defeated The Telegraph Cryptic 10 Mar 2020
___-up magic, type of magic performed inches away from the audience's eyes
Shut Irish Times Simplex 03 Mar 2020
A quiet residential road in Settle
Big shots fail in competitions
Near The Telegraph Quick 19 Jan 2020
In the ballpark The Washington Post 30 Dec 2019
In the ballpark LA Times Daily 30 Dec 2019
Near or humid Irish Times Simplex 21 Dec 2019
"__, but no cigar" LA Times Daily 02 Dec 2019
'__, but no cigar' The Washington Post 02 Dec 2019
In the ballpark Wall Street Journal 30 Nov 2019
Finalize, as a deal Universal 29 Nov 2019
Nearby The Telegraph Quick 30 Oct 2019
Intimate Universal 10 Oct 2019
Shut up about waste
Plug suiting that's figure-hugging
In the vicinity Wall Street Journal 12 Aug 2019
Nearby Universal 23 Apr 2019
Admit no more customers USA Today 15 Apr 2019
Like a one-run game USA Today 04 Apr 2019
Within walking distance
Near a hundred are defeated
Intimate
In the vicinity
Like a one-run game
Nearby
Nearby Thomas Joseph 24 Dec 2018
Shut down Newsday 12 Dec 2018
In the vicinity Premier Sunday 02 Dec 2018
Around the corner The Washington Post 25 Nov 2018
Around the corner LA Times Daily 25 Nov 2018
In the neighborhood LA Times Daily 07 Nov 2018
In the neighborhood The Washington Post 07 Nov 2018
In the ballpark New York Times 04 Nov 2018
Evenly matched The Washington Post 23 Aug 2018
Evenly matched LA Times Daily 23 Aug 2018
Block narrow road The Telegraph Toughie 03 Jul 2018
Cessation The Sun Two Speed 22 Jun 2018
Very near the end The Sun Two Speed 22 Jun 2018
Shut LA Times Daily 18 May 2018
Shut The Washington Post 18 May 2018
'Try again!' Wall Street Journal 14 Apr 2018
Getting warm LA Times Daily 01 Apr 2018
Getting warm The Washington Post 01 Apr 2018
Unfinished cupboard nearby The Sun Two Speed 27 Mar 2018
Shut The Sun Two Speed 27 Mar 2018
Put a cork in New York Times 20 Mar 2018
Difficult to call Wall Street Journal 08 Mar 2018
Seal, as the deal on a home The Washington Post Sunday 25 Feb 2018
In the vicinity The Washington Post Sunday 25 Feb 2018
Courtyard nearby The Telegraph Cryptic 20 Feb 2018
Cathedral's precincts The Telegraph Quick 02 Feb 2018
Not quite there Universal 16 Jan 2018
In the ballpark
Shut
In the neighborhood
Getting warm
Put a cork in
Not quite there
Evenly matched
Around the corner
"Try again!"
Open to all sides today in the ballpark? Irish Times Crosaire 30 Dec 2017
Within walking distance Wall Street Journal 18 Dec 2017
"Just missed!" USA Today 04 Nov 2017
In the neighborhood Wall Street Journal 31 Oct 2017
Very nearby Universal 24 Oct 2017
Near, mean or humid Irish Times Simplex 19 Aug 2017
Hard to call Wall Street Journal 11 Jul 2017
''Not quite'' Newsday 19 May 2017
End the business day USA Today 15 May 2017
Confined, as quarters The Washington Post 29 Apr 2017
Confined, as quarters LA Times Daily 29 Apr 2017
Thereabouts New York Times 23 Mar 2017
Shut The Times Concise 13 Mar 2017
Shut down Universal 10 Mar 2017
Near where the bishop may live
Near; shut The Times Concise 09 Jan 2017
Confined, as quarters
"Just missed!"
End the business day
Shut down
Thereabouts
Very nearby
End on very affectionate terms
Almost equal in end
Right around the corner Newsday 27 Nov 2016
Separated by a hairbreadth New York Times 20 Nov 2016
With 57-Across, negotiate ... and what needs to be done to make sense of this puzzle's circles LA Times Daily 27 Oct 2016
Neck and neck New York Times 23 Oct 2016
End penultimate match in defeat
'You're almost there' New York Times 18 Sep 2016
Shut — sultry The Guardian Quick 09 Sep 2016
In the ballpark USA Today 02 Sep 2016
Near Universal 11 Aug 2016
Sales force has no fears in Cork Irish Times Crosaire 05 Aug 2016
Pronounced, as a resemblance Wall Street Journal 04 Aug 2016
Intimate ending
Just around the corner Newsday 18 May 2016
Put a seal on tight The Telegraph Cryptic 17 May 2016
Neck and neck The Washington Post 16 May 2016
Shut; near The Times Concise 25 Apr 2016
Finish on intimate terms
Humid The Telegraph Quick 24 Jan 2016
Like some calls
With 57-Across, negotiate ... and what needs to be done to make sense of this puzzle's circles
"You're almost there"
Neck and neck
Separated by a hairbreadth
Near
Go out of business
Nearby Newsday 15 Dec 2015
End the business day Universal 11 Dec 2015
Go out of business USA Today 10 Sep 2015
Intimate LA Times Daily 19 Aug 2015
Stop being stuffy
Finish unfinished cupboard The Telegraph Toughie 10 Mar 2015
Shut The Telegraph Quick 20 Jan 2015
Almost there
End the business day
Go out of business
Intimate
Within walking distance
Nearby
Filling vessels, miss out on shots?
Finish alongside
Almost there
At hand
Nearby
Wind up
Narrow escape from disaster
In the neighborhood
Stop up for the end of play
The end is nigh!
Cease to have cocaine before getting intimate
Nearby
In the ballpark
Intimate
'86 Pretenders album "Get ___"
Getting warm
Like some calls
Worthy of a recount, maybe
In the ballpark
What Lita Ford will do to her "Eyes Forever"
Like a good guess
Near
About to happen
Shut down
Shut
Ending
"Just missed!"
Like a good guess
It only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades
Like some calls
Neck and neck
Intimate
Glenn of "Fatal Attraction"
Buddy-buddy
Intimate
In the vicinity
Shut
Glenn of "Fatal Attraction"
Nip and tuck
Anybody's game
Nip and tuck
Like some quarters
Like best friends
Like some calls
Conclude, as a deal
Nearly equal
In cigar range?
Wind up
Not leave ajar
Neck and neck
"Almost!"
Only a little off
"Almost!"
Finalize
Hard to call
Neck and neck
Shut
Say one's final words
Neck and neck
Finalize
In the ballpark
Lacking fresh air
Shutter up
Like some calls
Like some calls
Go under
Near
Warm, in a guessing game
"__, but no cigar!"
Nearby
Intimate
Like some quarters
Like games that are anybody's game
Within walking distance
Warm, in a way
Kind of call
Shut down
Come to an end
Friendly or miserly
In the ball park
Not worth a cigar?
Conclude, as a deal
Nearby
Almost touching
Buddy-buddy
Conclude, as a deal
Not worth a cigar?
Anybody's game
Buddy-buddy
Intimate
Nearby
Like games that are anybody's game
Like some encounters
"___, but no cigar!"
Very friendly
Shut
Buddy-buddy
Very friendly
Warm, so to speak
Pitch the ninth inning, maybe
"The World According to Garp" star
Warm, so to speak
___, but no cigar
Actress Glenn
Hard to call
Neck and neck
Kind of call
Getting warm
Tight-knit
Seal the deal
Like best friends
Lock up
Glenn of "Jagged Edge"
Needing a recount
In the vicinity
Almost equal
Buddy-buddy
Warm, so to speak
At hand
Actress Glenn
Nearly equal
See 11 Down
Clue for 17, 27, 48 and 63 Across
Pitch the ninth inning, maybe
"Reversal of Fortune" narrator
Glenn of "101 Dalmatians"
End the business day
Intimate
Miserly
Glenn of Hollywood
Buddy-buddy
Almost tied
Go out of business
Pitch the ninth inning
Shut
Oppressive
Nearby
Adjourn
Shut up
Stuffy
Stingy
Getting warm
No cigar?
Kind of call
In the ball park
Lacking fresh air
Near
Proximate
Fasten
Star of Fatal Attraction
Just off
Hollywood's Glenn
Jagged Edge star
"Dangerous Liaisons" star
She played Garp's mother
At hand
Near
Taciturn
Intimate actress?
Like some shaves or calls
By a whisker
Finish a run on Broadway
Complete
Actress Glenn ___
"Fatal Attraction" Oscar winner
Oscar nominee in "Fatal Attraction"
"Jagged Edge" actress
A "Fatal Attraction" star
Actress in "The Big Chill"
Almost but not quite
No cigar?
Shut
Proximal
Make a contract
Almost there
Secretive
__ shave
Unventilated
Finale
Miserly
"___, but no cigar!"
Come together
Come to terms
Hot and humid
"___ but no cigar"
Not rating a cigar
Sultry
Conclusion
Reticent
Kind of sale, with "out"
"That's the right idea"
Oppressive.
Niggardly.
Ending.
Unite.
Finish.
Bar.
Almost a tie.
Termination.
Precinct of a cathedral, abbey, etc.
Narrow.
Come to an end.
Compact.
Grounds around a cathedral.
Nearly equal.
Conclusion.
Secretive.
Familiar.
Part of a cathedral grounds.
Intimate.
Very friendly.
Conclude
Seal the deal
By a nose.
Terminate.
Very near.
The precinct of a cathedral.
Stifling.
Word with up or down.
End.
Cathedral precinct.
Hard to call
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