Close at hand
The crossword clue "Close at hand" is answered by NEARBY, a 6-letter entry. Used 19 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1961. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
NEARBY
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NEARBY answer page.
Used 19 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1961. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for NEARBY
Every other clue in this collection answered by NEARBY, most used first.
- Close - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- At hand - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- In the neighborhood - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
- In the vicinity - used 9 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.
- Lend a hand - ASSIST, used 65 times
- Close by - NEARTO, used 48 times
- Close by - ATHAND, used 25 times
- Hand warmer - MITTEN, used 19 times
- Close again - RESEAL, used 18 times
- Close tightly - SEALUP, used 18 times
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