Less distant
The crossword clue "Less distant" is answered by NEARER, a 6-letter entry. Used 16 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
NEARER
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NEARER answer page.
Used 16 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for NEARER
Every other clue in this collection answered by NEARER, most used first.
- Closer - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- "___, My God, to Thee" - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
- Less remote - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
- Not as far - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Not as remote - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- More intimate - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- Not so far - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Closer at hand - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Comparatively close - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Warmer, in a way - used 6 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.
- Less fresh - STALER, used 60 times
- Distant - REMOTE, used 23 times
- Less relaxed - TENSER, used 21 times
- Less taxing - EASIER, used 21 times
- Less messy - NEATER, used 19 times
- Less stuffy - AIRIER, used 18 times
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