| Nearly useless newspaper, in slang | 34 |
| Nearly unsolvable | 17 |
| Nearly unobtainable | 19 |
| Nearly unique in the world | 26 |
| Nearly unique | 13 |
| Nearly treeless plain | 21 |
| Nearly transparent, as hosiery | 30 |
| Nearly transparent paper | 24 |
| Nearly three quarters of the earth | 34 |
| Nearly snowing | 14 |
| Nearly six-week period | 22 |
| Nearly six in a fl. oz. | 23 |
| Nearly shut | 11 |
| Nearly shot | 11 |
| Nearly set? | 11 |
| Nearly scaleless fish | 21 |
| Nearly sacrificed son of Abraham | 32 |
| Nearly sacrificed son | 21 |
| Nearly round | 12 |
| Nearly rainless island | 22 |
| Nearly rainless | 15 |
| Nearly powerless | 16 |
| Nearly perfect grade | 20 |
| Nearly perfect | 14 |
| Nearly pellucid | 15 |
| Nearly overflowing | 18 |
| Nearly overflowed (with) | 24 |
| Nearly out of | 13 |
| Nearly optimal | 14 |
| Nearly obsolete home theater peripherals | 40 |
| Nearly nueve | 12 |
| Nearly none, in slang | 21 |
| Nearly never | 12 |
| Nearly nada | 11 |
| Nearly matching outfit's problem? | 37 |
| Nearly invisible | 16 |
| Nearly infinite perioD | 22 |
| Nearly impossible target, literally | 35 |
| Nearly impossible MLB outcome | 29 |
| Nearly identical | 16 |
| Nearly horizontal entrance to a mine | 36 |
| Nearly hopeless | 15 |
| Nearly homered | 14 |
| Nearly half the world | 21 |
| Nearly half of ninety-nine? | 27 |
| Nearly gone goose | 17 |
| Nearly globe-shaped | 19 |
| Nearly full sign | 16 |
| Nearly four-hr. exams | 21 |
| Nearly four-foot-tall actor Billy | 33 |
| Nearly forever | 14 |
| Nearly flawless bodies? | 23 |
| Nearly fell | 11 |
| Nearly failing, to a prof | 25 |
| Nearly failing | 14 |
| Nearly extinct island language | 30 |
| Nearly extinct goose | 20 |
| Nearly extinct | 14 |
| Nearly excellent | 16 |
| Nearly even, as a race | 22 |
| Nearly equal | 12 |
| Nearly enough mollusks to form a jury | 37 |
| Nearly dropping off | 19 |
| Nearly divine one | 17 |
| Nearly die laughing | 19 |
| Nearly destitute | 16 |
| Nearly delivered | 16 |
| Nearly colorless | 16 |
| Nearly closed | 13 |
| Nearly circular shape used as the floor plan for most Bahá'i temples | 75 |
| Nearly catch, as the heels | 26 |
| Nearly boils, as water | 22 |
| Nearly boils | 12 |
| Nearly boil | 11 |
| Nearly birdied | 14 |
| Nearly an hour? | 15 |
| Nearly an eternity | 18 |
| Nearly all the time | 19 |
| Nearly all ''American Idol'' auditioners | 56 |
| Nearly all | 10 |
| Nearly alike | 12 |
| Nearly a score | 14 |
| Nearly a majority | 17 |
| Nearly a dozen | 14 |
| Nearly a billion people live in them | 36 |
| Nearly 90 degrees | 17 |
| Nearly 9% of the Earth | 22 |
| Nearly 80% of the atmosphere | 28 |
| Nearly 5,000 square yards | 25 |
| Nearly 40 inches | 16 |
| Nearly 30% of Earth's land | 30 |
| Nearly 29% of Tel Aviv? | 23 |
| Nearly 20-hour Ken Burns documentary of 2001 | 44 |
| Nearly 11,000-foot mount in Europe | 34 |
| Nearly 100 percent market share | 31 |
| Nearly "A" material | 29 |
| Nearly | 6 |
| Nearing-completion comment | 26 |
| Nearing the TV station billboard, you did "77 ___" where the sign said "60 Minutes"... | 106 |
| Nearing the hour | 16 |