"Close, but no ___"
The crossword clue ""Close, but no ___"" is answered by CIGAR, a 5-letter entry. Used 22 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
CIGAR
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CIGAR answer page.
Used 22 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for CIGAR
Every other clue in this collection answered by CIGAR, most used first.
- Humidor item - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
- Stogie - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
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
- Nothing-but-net sound - SWISH, used 40 times
- Gets close to - NEARS, used 35 times
- Last but not __ - LEAST, used 32 times
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