The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word NEARS which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2024.
Approaches crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| NEARS | 89 % | 5 |
| GETSNEAR | 3 % | 8 |
| COMES | 2 % | 5 |
| DRAWSNEAR | 1 % | 9 |
| AVENUES | 1 % | 7 |
| GETSCLOSER | 1 % | 10 |
| CLOSESIN | 0 % | 8 |
| METHODS | 0 % | 7 |
| ACCESSES | 0 % | 8 |
| GOESUPTO | 0 % | 8 |
| ACCOSTS | 0 % | 7 |
| COMESUPTO | 0 % | 9 |
| ADITS | 0 % | 5 |
Why may NEARS be the right solution?
The word "Approaches" is a clue indicating a verb related to getting closer to something. "Nears" is the correct answer because it is a synonym for approaching or getting closer to a destination or goal.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Approaches
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- draw near
- coming
- come on
- advance
- set about
- access
- near
- overture
- go up
- go about
- border on
- feeler
Crossword Answer definitions
NEARS noun- The left side of a horse or of a team of horses pulling a carriage etc.
- To come closer to; to approach.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result NEARS
- Gets close
- Gets warm, clue-wise
- Approaches
- Comes close
- Gets warmer
- Draws close
- Closes in on
- Gets closer
- Gets warmer?
- Impends
More clues leading to the result GETSNEAR
More clues leading to the result COMES
- Arrives
- Puts in an appearance
- "Cotton ___ to Harlem" (Chester Himes novel)
- Shows up
- Gets here
- Makes the town
- ___ upon: finds
- Emanates (from)
- Costs, with "to"
- Gets in
More clues leading to the result DRAWSNEAR
More clues leading to the result AVENUES
- Some Monopoly stops
- Atlantic and Pacific, in Monopoly
- Ways
- Main streets
- Means of attainment
- Broad streets
- Literally, "approaches"
- Wide thoroughfares
- Most properties in Monopoly
- All three red properties in Monopoly
More clues leading to the result GETSCLOSER
More clues leading to the result CLOSESIN
- Gets nearer
- Forms an increasingly smaller circle around, with "on"
- Approaches one's objective
- Nears one's target
- Approaches
- Surrounds.
- Envelops.
- Converges (on)
- Nears, with "on"
- Prepares to pounce
More clues leading to the result METHODS
- Ways
- Techniques
- Ways of doing things
- Means
- Ways and means
- Procedures
- Systems.
- Ways.
- Procedures.
- Teachers' college course
More clues leading to the result ACCESSES
- Gets via the Net
- Draws from
- Rights to enter
- Security concerns
- Ways to get in
- Gets to use
- Ways of approach.
- Entrance ramps.
- Passages to and from.
- Architects' considerations
More clues leading to the result GOESUPTO
More clues leading to the result ACCOSTS
- Confronts
- Goes after boldly
- Confronts boldly
- Buttonholes
- Greets intrusively
- Approaches aggressively
- Confronts rudely
- Greets rudely
- Engages with boldness
- Bothers