Close shave
The crossword clue "Close shave" is answered by SCARE, a 5-letter entry. Used 20 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. 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
SCARE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SCARE answer page.
Used 20 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025; 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 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.
- NARROWSQUEAK (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for SCARE
Every other clue in this collection answered by SCARE, most used first.
- Frighten - used 195 times, most recently in 2026
- Alarm - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
- Close call - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
- False alarm - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Spook - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Startle - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Terrify - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Fright - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
- Petrify - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Panic - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
- Say "Boo!" to - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Alarming situation - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Cause to jump - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Fill with fear - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Freak out - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Hiccup cure, supposedly - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Intimidate - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Kind of tactics - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
- Make quake - 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.
- Came to a close - ENDED, used 67 times
- Comes close - NEARS, used 42 times
- Gets close to - NEARS, used 35 times
- Brought to a close - ENDED, used 30 times
- Drew to a close - ENDED, used 28 times
- "Close, but no ___" - CIGAR, used 22 times
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