| Closer to extinction, e.g. | 26 |
| Closer to extinction, perhaps | 29 |
| Closer to fruition | 18 |
| Closer to full strength | 23 |
| Closer to heaven, in a way | 26 |
| Closer to its prime | 19 |
| Closer to maturity | 18 |
| Closer to one's heart | 25 |
| Closer to optimal | 17 |
| Closer to perfect | 17 |
| Closer to perfection | 20 |
| Closer to raw, as a steak | 25 |
| Closer to retirement | 20 |
| Closer to the audience | 22 |
| Closer to the beginning of time | 31 |
| Closer to the color of tanned leather | 37 |
| Closer to the door? | 19 |
| Closer to the edge, say | 23 |
| Closer to the end | 17 |
| Closer to the finish line | 25 |
| Closer to the minute? | 21 |
| Closer's bane | 17 |
| Closer's concern | 20 |
| Closer's goal | 17 |
| Closer's hope | 17 |
| Closer's inning | 19 |
| Closer's line? | 18 |
| Closer's motto? | 19 |
| Closer's no. | 16 |
| Closer's pride | 18 |
| Closer's stat | 17 |
| Closer's success | 20 |
| Closer's triumph | 20 |
| Closer, as to one's heart | 29 |
| Closer/aspirin salesman | 23 |
| Closers of a kind | 17 |
| Closers' corrals? | 21 |
| Closes | 6 |
| Closes (in) | 11 |
| Closes a car window | 19 |
| Closes a deal | 13 |
| Closes a falcon's eyes | 26 |
| Closes a fly | 12 |
| Closes a jacket | 15 |
| Closes a jacket, with "up" | 36 |
| Closes a letter | 15 |
| Closes a rip | 12 |
| Closes a session | 16 |
| Closes a window, perhaps? | 25 |
| Closes again | 12 |
| Closes again, as an envelope | 28 |
| Closes an envelope again, e.g. | 30 |
| Closes an envelope anew | 23 |
| Closes back up | 14 |
| Closes down | 11 |
| Closes due to fog | 17 |
| Closes hard | 11 |
| Closes hermetically | 19 |
| Closes in | 9 |
| Closes in anger, as a door | 26 |
| Closes in court | 15 |
| Closes in on | 12 |
| Closes loudly | 13 |
| Closes off | 10 |
| Closes off a stream | 19 |
| Closes on | 9 |
| Closes out | 10 |
| Closes securely | 15 |
| Closes the gap | 14 |
| Closes the gap, in a way | 24 |
| Closes the gap? | 15 |
| Closes tight | 12 |
| Closes tightly | 14 |
| Closes tightly again | 20 |
| Closes up | 9 |
| Closes up again | 15 |
| Closes up shop | 14 |
| Closes up, as a flag | 20 |
| Closes up, as an oil well | 25 |
| Closes up, perhaps | 18 |
| Closes with a bang | 18 |
| Closes with glue | 16 |
| Closes, as a deal | 17 |
| Closes, as a door | 17 |
| Closes, as a jacket | 19 |
| Closes, as a passage | 20 |
| Closes, as a windbreaker | 24 |
| Closes, as an envelope | 22 |
| Closes, in a way | 16 |
| Closes, with "up" | 27 |
| Closest | 7 |
| Closest bud | 11 |
| Closest bud, briefly | 20 |
| Closest French town to England | 30 |
| Closest friends | 15 |
| Closest or farthest orbit point | 31 |
| Closest pal, in texting | 23 |
| Closest pal, in texting shorthand | 33 |
| Closest pal, in textspeak | 25 |
| Closest pal, to a texter | 24 |