"Not quite” Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue "Not quite" last seen in USA Today puzzle. We have found 41 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 CLOSE.

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11 Potential Answers:

AnswerLengthSourceDate
CLOSE "Not quite" (5) USA Today Mar 16, 2026
ALMOST Not quite (6) The Telegraph Quick Dec 20, 2025
HARDLY Not quite (6) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Aug 15, 2024
NEARLY Not quite (6) The Guardian Quick Aug 25, 2023
ALLBUT Not quite (6) New York Times May 11, 2023
SORTOF Not quite (6)
CPLUS Not quite 80 (5)
CLOSEBUTNOCIGAR "Not quite” (15)
LESSTHAN Not quite (8)
SCARCELY Not quite (8)

30 Similar Clues:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
30% DROPKICK Quit / Quit (8) New York Times Mar 30, 2023
29% EVEN Quits (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Mar 23, 2026
29% ORI "... -- quit!" (3) Premier Sunday Mar 22, 2026
29% STOP "Quit it!" (4) LA Times Daily Jan 16, 2026
29% ENDED Quit (5) New York Times Dec 11, 2025
27% AWFULLY Quite (7) Wall Street Journal Oct 12, 2024
27% PUTTOANEND Quit (10) Newsday Sep 28, 2024
27% SOVERY Quite (6) New York Times Oct 7, 2023
27% BAGSIT Quits (6) Wall Street Journal Jul 8, 2023
27% STOPTRYING Quit (10) Newsday Jul 13, 2019

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