| Approached (6) | Mirror Quick | 03 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Got closer to listener in wrong end (6) | Mirror Cryptic | 03 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Got close | Commuter | 02 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Closed in on | LA Times Daily | 20 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Drew closer to | USA Today | 31 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Got close to | Commuter | 28 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Approached (6) | Mirror Quick | 15 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Got closer to listener in wrong end (6) | Mirror Cryptic | 15 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Moved in on |  |  | 
          
            | Came closer to New Organ journalist (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Approached Ena and went red |  |  | 
          
            | Got closer to | Universal | 10 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Reduced the distance between 'e and 'er, it might be (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Got close | Commuter | 20 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | got close to reaching |  |  | 
          
            | Closed in on | Wall Street Journal | 27 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Approached close to journalist (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Moved towards |  |  | 
          
            | Came close to | LA Times Daily | 18 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Got close to | Commuter | 07 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Approached the den worriedly. Are inside it (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Dare to point as they approached |  |  | 
          
            | Approached by Rae in the end (6) |  |  | 
          
            | A king in need approached (6) | Puzzler Cryptic | 26 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Having secured the point, the girl made a comeback (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Re Aden and how we approached it |  |  | 
          
            | Got close to | Premier Sunday | 10 Sep 2023 | 
          
            | Got bigger, apparently | Newsday | 12 Aug 2023 | 
          
            | Got close to | Newsday | 28 Jun 2023 | 
          
            | Approached | Newsday | 25 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | Closed in on | LA Times Daily | 07 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Approached | USA Today | 10 Jun 2022 | 
          
            | Closed in on | Universal | 06 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | Approached | Universal | 31 Jan 2022 | 
          
            | Got close to | Newsday | 27 Jan 2022 | 
          
            | Moved toward | USA Today | 22 Jan 2022 | 
          
            | Got closer | Universal | 03 Jan 2022 | 
          
            | Came closer | Premier Sunday | 24 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Closed in on | Wall Street Journal | 28 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | Came closer to | Universal | 24 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | Approached | Universal | 16 May 2021 | 
          
            | Got closer to | Premier Sunday | 18 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Approach-ed | Thomas Joseph | 30 Mar 2021 | 
          
            | Closed in on | The Washington Post | 18 Nov 2020 | 
          
            | Closed in on | LA Times Daily | 18 Nov 2020 | 
          
            | Closed in on | Wall Street Journal | 18 Jul 2020 | 
          
            | Got warmer while searching for | The Washington Post | 09 Feb 2020 | 
          
            | Got warmer while searching for | LA Times Daily | 09 Feb 2020 | 
          
            | Came close to | The Washington Post | 03 Dec 2019 | 
          
            | Came close to | LA Times Daily | 03 Dec 2019 | 
          
            | Approached | Thomas Joseph | 07 May 2019 | 
          
            | Got close to | Premier Sunday | 28 Apr 2019 | 
          
            | Approached | The Washington Post | 24 Mar 2019 | 
          
            | Approached | LA Times Daily | 24 Mar 2019 | 
          
            | Drew close to | Thomas Joseph | 07 Jan 2019 | 
          
            | Approached |  |  | 
          
            | Closed in on |  |  | 
          
            | Got closer to | Newsday | 03 Sep 2018 | 
          
            | Closed in on | Premier Sunday | 13 May 2018 | 
          
            | Inched up on | Newsday | 04 Aug 2017 | 
          
            | Came closer to | Universal | 04 Aug 2017 | 
          
            | Approached, drew close | Irish Times Simplex | 24 Mar 2017 | 
          
            | Approached destitute Arab? |  |  | 
          
            | Drew nigh | The Telegraph Quick | 20 Feb 2017 | 
          
            | Approached | The Telegraph Quick | 01 Feb 2017 | 
          
            | Came closer to |  |  | 
          
            | Came close to taking girl away from ringleader | Irish Times Crosaire | 10 Dec 2016 | 
          
            | Approached | Newsday | 12 Jul 2016 | 
          
            | Drew close | Eugene Sheffer | 23 Apr 2016 | 
          
            | Approached, as a holiday | USA Today | 21 Nov 2015 | 
          
            | Drew closer to | USA Today | 08 Mar 2015 | 
          
            | Crept up on | Newsday | 01 Jan 2015 | 
          
            | Crept up on |  |  | 
          
            | Approached, as a holiday |  |  | 
          
            | Drew closer to |  |  | 
          
            | Approached about stabbing troublesome dean |  |  | 
          
            | Earned aggravation, when closed |  |  | 
          
            | Came closer to |  |  | 
          
            | Anagram of "endear" |  |  | 
          
            | Closed in on |  |  | 
          
            | Approached |  |  | 
          
            | Became visible, maybe |  |  | 
          
            | Closed in on |  |  | 
          
            | Approached |  |  | 
          
            | Closed in on |  |  | 
          
            | Came close to |  |  | 
          
            | Got close to |  |  | 
          
            | Got close |  |  | 
          
            | Approached |  |  | 
          
            | Got close to |  |  | 
          
            | Approached |  |  | 
          
            | Closed in on |  |  | 
          
            | Closed in on |  |  | 
          
            | Came closer |  |  | 
          
            | Closed the gap on |  |  | 
          
            | Inched up on |  |  | 
          
            | Moved closer to |  |  | 
          
            | Came close to |  |  | 
          
            | Was told one was hot? |  |  | 
          
            | Came close to |  |  | 
          
            | Was told one was hot? |  |  | 
          
            | Got closer |  |  | 
          
            | Closed in on |  |  | 
          
            | Approached |  |  | 
          
            | Approached |  |  | 
          
            | Got close |  |  | 
          
            | Got closer to |  |  | 
          
            | Got warm |  |  | 
          
            | Got close to |  |  | 
          
            | Drew nigh |  |  | 
          
            | Approached |  |  | 
          
            | Got warm, in a sense |  |  | 
          
            | Drew closer to |  |  | 
          
            | Entered shouting distance |  |  | 
          
            | Got close to |  |  | 
          
            | Closed in on |  |  | 
          
            | Moved toward |  |  | 
          
            | Moved toward |  |  | 
          
            | Moved into the ballpark |  |  | 
          
            | Got close to |  |  | 
          
            | Closed in on |  |  | 
          
            | Closed in on |  |  | 
          
            | Drew nigh |  |  | 
          
            | Came within shouting distance |  |  | 
          
            | Drew close |  |  | 
          
            | Drew nigh |  |  | 
          
            | Came within shouting distance |  |  | 
          
            | Edged toward |  |  | 
          
            | Got warmer |  |  | 
          
            | Came close to |  |  | 
          
            | Inched up on |  |  | 
          
            | Got close to, as an agreement |  |  | 
          
            | Closed in on |  |  | 
          
            | Approximated |  |  | 
          
            | Got closer to |  |  | 
          
            | Verged toward |  |  | 
          
            | Came closer |  |  | 
          
            | Crept up on |  |  | 
          
            | Came hard by |  |  | 
          
            | Approximated |  |  | 
          
            | Came close |  |  | 
          
            | Got close |  |  | 
          
            | Came close. |  |  | 
          
            | Drew nigh. |  |  | 
          
            | Narrowed the gap. |  |  | 
          
            | Drew close. |  |  | 
          
            | Almost equaled. |  |  | 
          
            | Came close |  |  | 
          
            | Approximated. |  |  | 
          
            | Approached. |  |  |