Close by, in poetry
The crossword clue "Close by, in poetry" is answered by NIGH, a 4-letter entry. Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
NIGH
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NIGH answer page.
Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for NIGH
Every other clue in this collection answered by NIGH, most used first.
- At hand - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Close at hand - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Approaching - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Near - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Close by - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Close - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Almost - used 16 times, most recently in 2004
- Near, poetically - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- On the horizon - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
- "The end is ___!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Close by, in poems - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Imminent - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- In the offing - 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
- Pound of poetry - EZRA, used 110 times
- Comes to a close - ENDS, used 97 times
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