Close to
The crossword clue "Close to" is answered by ABOUT, a 5-letter entry. Used 15 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ABOUT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ABOUT answer page.
Used 15 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for ABOUT
Every other clue in this collection answered by ABOUT, most used first.
- Approximately - used 126 times, most recently in 2026
- Concerning - used 83 times, most recently in 2026
- Circa - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
- More or less - used 62 times, most recently in 2025
- Roughly - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
- Give or take - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
- Regarding - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- In the area - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Here and there - used 20 times, most recently in 2021
- In the vicinity - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- "It's ___ time!" - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Guesstimate word - used 13 times, most recently in 2019
- In re - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
- In the neighborhood of - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- "___ face!" - used 12 times, most recently in 2018
- Near - used 12 times, most recently in 2016
- Up's partner - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
- Pertaining to - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- In regard to - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- In the neighborhood - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Nearly - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
- Not exactly - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Concerned with - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
- In reference to - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Re - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Came to a close - ENDED, used 67 times
- Close call - SCARE, used 60 times
- Comes close - NEARS, used 42 times
- Gets close to - NEARS, used 35 times
- Brought to a close - ENDED, used 30 times
- Drew to a close - ENDED, used 28 times
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