| Close to one's heart | 24 |
| Close to midnight, say | 22 |
| Close to losing it | 18 |
| Close to land? | 14 |
| Close to its face value, as a bond | 34 |
| Close to home? | 14 |
| Close to home | 13 |
| Close to front row | 18 |
| Close to fanatical | 18 |
| Close to face value, as a bond | 30 |
| Close to erupting | 17 |
| Close to defeat | 15 |
| Close to correct | 16 |
| Close to closed | 15 |
| Close to China, Japan and Korea | 31 |
| Close to bedtime | 16 |
| Close to an hour | 16 |
| Close to a solution | 19 |
| Close to a delivery | 19 |
| Close to | 8 |
| Close tightly, in a way | 23 |
| Close tightly, as one's hand | 32 |
| Close tightly, as a crate | 25 |
| Close tightly again | 19 |
| Close tightly | 13 |
| Close tight | 11 |
| Close tie | 9 |
| Close the set? | 14 |
| Close the gap | 13 |
| Close the eyes, in falconry | 27 |
| Close the eyes of a falcon | 26 |
| Close temporarily, as a theater | 31 |
| Close surveillance, idiomatically | 33 |
| Close surveillance | 18 |
| Close social group | 18 |
| Close shave | 11 |
| Close securely, with "down" | 37 |
| Close securely (with "down") | 38 |
| Close securely | 14 |
| Close relatives of humans | 25 |
| Close relatives | 15 |
| Close relative, for short | 25 |
| Close relative of IMHO | 22 |
| Close relative of Clio | 22 |
| Close relative of an ant | 24 |
| Close relative | 14 |
| Close relationship | 18 |
| Close relation, informally | 26 |
| Close relation | 14 |
| Close ranks | 11 |
| Close race | 10 |
| Close place for cards | 21 |
| Close pitches | 13 |
| Close pitch: shower tool | 24 |
| Close pitch | 11 |
| Close pals, in teen slang | 25 |
| Close pal | 9 |
| Close pair | 10 |
| Close overlapping of fugue voices | 33 |
| Close overlap of fugue voices | 29 |
| Close out | 9 |
| Close or roll follower | 22 |
| Close or Miller | 15 |
| Close or Ford | 13 |
| Close or clean follower | 23 |
| Close or Clapton | 16 |
| Close ones | 10 |
| Close one's jacket, perhaps | 31 |
| Close one's i's? | 24 |
| Close one | 9 |
| Close on stage | 14 |
| Close on opening night | 22 |
| Close off, as a tomb | 20 |
| Close off | 9 |
| Close of the day | 16 |
| Close of legislature | 20 |
| Close of Hollywood | 18 |
| Close of day, to poets | 22 |
| Close of an engagement? | 23 |
| Close of a swimming race | 24 |
| Close of a scene | 16 |
| Close of "Without a Trace" | 36 |
| Close of "Fatal Attraction" | 37 |
| Close of "Albert Nobbs" | 33 |
| Close observer | 14 |
| Close nos., usually | 19 |
| Close noisily | 13 |
| Close match point? | 18 |
| Close margin at the track | 25 |
| Close margin | 12 |
| Close male rel. | 15 |
| Close male friendship | 21 |
| Close loudly | 12 |
| Close looks at the books | 24 |
| Close look | 10 |
| Close link | 10 |
| Close lead, in baseball | 23 |
| Close knots of hair | 19 |
| Close kinsman | 13 |
| Close kin, slangily | 19 |