The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word PAL which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2021.
Close one crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PAL | 47 % | 3 |
| NEARMISS | 12 % | 8 |
| WHEW | 9 % | 4 |
| SCARE | 6 % | 5 |
| CHUM | 3 % | 4 |
| TIGHTWAD | 3 % | 8 |
| FRIEND | 3 % | 6 |
| PHEW | 3 % | 4 |
| BESTPAL | 3 % | 7 |
| SOULMATE | 3 % | 8 |
| AMIGO | 3 % | 5 |
| FOTOPHINISH | 3 % | 11 |
| MISER | 3 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Close one
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- sibling
- cousin
- relative
- blood
- affine
- trey
- affinity
- consanguinity
- great
- double
- relationship
- sib
Crossword Answer definitions
PAL noun- A friend, buddy, mate, cobber; someone to hang around with.
- An informal term of address, often used ironically in a hostile way.
- Be friends with, hang around with.
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 PAL
More clues leading to the result NEARMISS
- It's so-o-o-o close
- Reason to say "Whew!"
- Close call
- This might elicit "close but no cigar"
- Close one
- Brush, perhaps
- Reason for relief
- Young woman next door?
- "Phew!" evoker
- Barely avoided accident
More clues leading to the result WHEW
- Exclamation from "110 Degrees in the Shade" script
- Sound of relief
- Word said while wiping one's brow
- Cry after a close call
- "Glad that's over!"
- "That was close!"
- "That's a relief!"
- "I'm glad that's over!"
- "Boy, it's hot!"
- "That was a close call!"
More clues leading to the result SCARE
- Frighten
- Haunted house result
- Kind of tactics
- __ up (gather)
- __ tactics
- __ up (gather, in a way)
- Alarm
- Really frighten
- Freak out
- Frighten the bejeezus out of
More clues leading to the result CHUM
More clues leading to the result TIGHTWAD
- Piker
- Scrooge
- Penny pincher
- Close one
- Careful watcher of expenditures: Slang.
- Jack Benny's impersonation.
- Penny pincher.
- Cheapskate
- Skinflint
- Not a big spender
More clues leading to the result FRIEND
- "You've Got a __ ...."
- Quaker
- Facebook connection
- Recommended reply to a sentry
- Good buddy
- Quaker Society member
- Ally
- Crony
- Buddy
- Bud
More clues leading to the result PHEW
- "Glad that's over"
- Head-shaking comment
- "That was close!"
- "What smells?"
- "What a relief!"
- "That's a relief!"
- "That was a close shave!"
- "Man, is it hot!"
- "I'm glad that's over!"
- "It's hot!"
More clues leading to the result BESTPAL
More clues leading to the result SOULMATE
- One's true love
- QUINTESSENTIAL FRIEND
- Close companion
- One and only
- Life partner
- Mr. or Ms. Right
- Love of one's life
- The one
- Close one
- Perfectly suited partner
More clues leading to the result AMIGO
- Buddy, in Baja
- Chihuahua chum
- Friend, in Acapulco
- Friend, to Fidel
- Baja buddy
- Chum
- Pedro's pal
- Paisano
- Pamplona pal
- Friend at the tapas bar