Approximates
The crossword clue "Approximates" is answered by NEARS, a 5-letter entry. Used 16 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2016. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
NEARS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NEARS answer page.
Used 16 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2016. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- ROUNDSOFF (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for NEARS
Every other clue in this collection answered by NEARS, most used first.
- Approaches - used 329 times, most recently in 2026
- Gets closer to - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
- Closes in on - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
- Comes close - used 42 times, most recently in 2025
- Gets close to - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Comes closer - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Gets closer - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Gets warmer - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Draws nigh - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
- Converges on - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Verges on - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Draws close - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Moves toward - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
- Draws close to - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Gets close - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Comes close to - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Creeps up on - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
- Draws closer - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Zeroes in on - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Impends - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Becomes imminent - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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