It may be close
The crossword clue "It may be close" is answered by CALL, a 4-letter entry. Used 7 times across 3 distinct years; most recently in 2005; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
CALL
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CALL answer page.
Used 7 times across 3 distinct years; most recently in 2005; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 2 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 CALL
Every other clue in this collection answered by CALL, most used first.
- Summon - used 42 times, most recently in 2023
- Ring up - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
- Phone - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
- Poker action - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Telephone - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
- Use a phone - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- "Safe!" or "Out!" - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Cry out - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Ref's decision - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Reach by phone - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Ump's decision - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Lead a square dance - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
- Poker declaration - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Use the phone - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Decision - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Demand. - used 8 times, most recently in 1970
- Match a bet, in poker - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Contact by phone - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Give a ring - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Umpire's decision - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Visit - used 7 times, most recently in 2001
- Do some telemarketing - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Match a bet - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Shout - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
- Word with role or house - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
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
- Close - NEAR, used 263 times
- Close - SHUT, used 154 times
- "That was close!" - PHEW, used 117 times
- Comes to a close - ENDS, used 97 times
- Close to - NEAR, used 89 times
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