Close crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Close” are GOOD, LAST or NEXT, with 4 letters. Below are 95 answers from 3 to 13 letters, best match first in each length, then what each top answer means and how to tell them apart.

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The best answers, explained

END 3 letters · noun

the last section of a communication

GOOD 4 letters · adjective

with or in a close or intimate relationship “a good friend”

EQUAL 5 letters · verb

be identical or equivalent to “One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!”

FINISH 6 letters · noun

the temporal end; the concluding time “the market was up at the finish”

PRIVATE 7 letters · adjective

confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy “a private place”

FAMILIAR 8 letters · adjective

well known or easily recognized “a familiar figure”

IMMEDIATE 9 letters · adjective

very close or connected in space or time “immediate contact”

CONCLUSION 10 letters · noun

the temporal end; the concluding time

SURROUNDING 11 letters · adjective

closely encircling “the surrounding countryside”

CONFIDENTIAL 12 letters · adjective

entrusted with private information and the confidence of another “a confidential secretary”

APPROXIMATELY 13 letters · adverb

(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct “lasted approximately an hour”

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, GOOD, LAST, NEXT, NEAR, FINE and SHUT all fit. The third letter tells them all apart: O → GOOD · S → LAST · X → NEXT · A → NEAR · N → FINE · U → SHUT. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, EQUAL, TIGHT, THICK, FINIS, SHORT and ABOUT all fit. The fourth letter tells them all apart: A → EQUAL · H → TIGHT · C → THICK · I → FINIS · R → SHORT · U → ABOUT. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 3 squares, END, HOT and ZIP all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: E → END · H → HOT · Z → ZIP. Fill in that crossing answer first.

Other forms of this clue

Clues often use another form of the word, and the answer then takes the same form: “closed” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “close” means

• verb: move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut (“Close the door”)
• verb: become closed (“The windows closed with a loud bang”)
• verb: cease to operate or cause to cease operating (“The owners decided to move and to close the factory”)
• verb: finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.) (“The meeting was closed with a charge by the chairman of the board”)

A clue usually points at one of these senses, so the right answer is the one that matches the sense the puzzle means: check it against the crossing words.

About these answers

We match the clue against our own thesaurus and dictionary (Open English WordNet): words that mean the same as CLOSE, and words whose definition is CLOSE. We don't copy answers from newspaper puzzles, so a clue that leans on trivia or wordplay may need the crossing letters instead.