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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Close - - -, near miss last seen in Mirror Tea Time puzzle. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is SHAVE.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SHAVE Close - - -, near miss (5) Mirror Tea Time Mar 6, 2024
8% LOST Missing (4) Thomas Joseph Nov 5, 2025
8% OPEN Not closed (4) Commuter Nov 4, 2025
8% SHUTS Closes (5) LA Times Daily Nov 2, 2025
8% GALS Misses (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 27, 2025
8% NIGH Close (4) Wall Street Journal Oct 25, 2025
8% NEAR Close (4) Eugene Sheffer Oct 23, 2025
8% FAR Not near (3) USA Today Oct 17, 2025
8% CIGAR "Close, but no ____" (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 4, 2025
8% CLOSED ___ in on (neared) (6) Universal Oct 2, 2025

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