Close, poetically
The crossword clue "Close, poetically" is answered by ANEAR, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2011; first recorded in 1983. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ANEAR
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ANEAR answer page.
Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2011; first recorded in 1983. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for ANEAR
Every other clue in this collection answered by ANEAR, most used first.
- Lend ___ (listen) - used 111 times, most recently in 2026
- Lend ___ - used 51 times, most recently in 2024
- Keep __ to the ground - used 39 times, most recently in 2025
- Lend ___ (pay close attention) - used 15 times, most recently in 2012
- Lend ___ (heed) - used 13 times, most recently in 2015
- Lend ___ (hearken) - used 11 times, most recently in 1996
- Bend ___ (listen attentively) - used 10 times, most recently in 2012
- Close: Poet. - used 10 times, most recently in 1967
- Have ___ to the ground - used 10 times, most recently in 2006
- Close, in poetry - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Lend ___ (pay attention) - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Close by: Poet. - used 8 times, most recently in 1968
- Words after bend or lend - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
- Something to lend? - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
- Close by, poetically - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- What a listener lends - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
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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