Close to closed
The crossword clue "Close to closed" is answered by AJAR, a 4-letter entry. Used 56 times across 26 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1993. It appears in 18 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
AJAR
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AJAR answer page.
Used 56 times across 26 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1993. It appears in 18 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for AJAR
Every other clue in this collection answered by AJAR, most used first.
- Slightly open - used 322 times, most recently in 2026
- Not quite closed - used 149 times, most recently in 2026
- Cracked - used 115 times, most recently in 2026
- Not quite shut - used 110 times, most recently in 2026
- Open a bit - used 84 times, most recently in 2026
- Partly open - used 75 times, most recently in 2026
- Open a crack - used 58 times, most recently in 2025
- Cracked open - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Close by - NEAR, used 299 times
- "That was close!" - PHEW, used 117 times
- Comes to a close - ENDS, used 97 times
- Close to - NEAR, used 89 times
- Closed - SHUT, used 88 times
- Close tightly - SEAL, used 82 times
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