| Close haircut | 13 |
| Close groups of stars | 21 |
| Close group | 11 |
| Close game | 10 |
| Close from Greenwich | 20 |
| Close friends | 13 |
| Close friend, in surfer slang | 29 |
| Close friend, in slang | 22 |
| Close friend, e.g. | 18 |
| Close friend of J.R.R. Tolkien | 30 |
| Close friend of Cézanne | 26 |
| Close friend | 12 |
| Close frayed edges | 18 |
| Close forcefully | 16 |
| Close for security | 18 |
| Close for good | 14 |
| Close follower | 14 |
| Close female relative | 21 |
| Close female friends | 20 |
| Close family member | 19 |
| Close families share them | 25 |
| Close examination | 17 |
| Close enough to shoot | 21 |
| Close enough to hit | 19 |
| Close enough | 12 |
| Close encounter vessel | 22 |
| Close encounter craft | 21 |
| Close encounter | 15 |
| Close election aftermaths | 25 |
| Close down | 10 |
| Close Derby victory margin | 26 |
| Close cutter | 12 |
| Close cut | 9 |
| Close cousins | 13 |
| Close cousin of the cockroach | 29 |
| Close copy | 10 |
| Close copies | 12 |
| Close contests | 14 |
| Close contest, politically | 26 |
| Close contest | 13 |
| Close connections | 17 |
| Close connection | 16 |
| Close completely | 16 |
| Close competitor | 16 |
| Close companions | 16 |
| Close companion | 15 |
| Close communication? | 20 |
| Close closer? | 13 |
| Close calls?: Abbr. | 19 |
| Close calls, perhaps | 20 |
| Close calls | 11 |
| Close call for Venus | 20 |
| Close call | 10 |
| Close by: Poetic | 16 |
| Close by, to poets | 18 |
| Close by, to Poe | 16 |
| Close by, to Keats | 18 |
| Close by, to a poet | 19 |
| Close by, poetically | 20 |
| Close by, once | 14 |
| Close by, old-style | 19 |
| Close by, of yore | 17 |
| Close by, long ago | 18 |
| Close by, in verse | 18 |
| Close by, in poetry | 19 |
| Close by, in poems | 18 |
| Close by | 8 |
| Close but not romantic | 22 |
| Close buds | 10 |
| Close boxing match outcome | 26 |
| Close bonds | 11 |
| Close bond or connection | 24 |
| Close bond | 10 |
| Close behind, as a dog | 22 |
| Close behind | 12 |
| Close band | 10 |
| Close attention to one's cook-off entry? (... Ã la Jerry Brown in 1998) | 78 |
| Close attention | 15 |
| Close at hand | 13 |
| Close associates, and a hint to this puzzle's highlighted squares | 69 |
| Close associates | 16 |
| Close associate | 15 |
| Close angrily, as a door | 24 |
| Close angrily | 13 |
| Close anew, as a Ziploc bag | 27 |
| Close anew | 10 |
| Close and Ford | 14 |
| Close an oxford | 15 |
| Close an opened envelope | 24 |
| Close an envelope anew | 22 |
| Close an envelope | 17 |
| Close again, in a way | 21 |
| Close again, as an envelope | 27 |
| Close again, as a Ziploc bag | 28 |
| Close again, as a wine bottle | 29 |
| Close again, as a jar | 21 |
| Close again, as a change purse | 30 |
| Close again | 11 |
| Close after opening | 19 |
| Close a VW Beetle owner's car door? | 39 |