Answer: NEAR
NEAR is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 226 times.
Referring Clues:
- Hereabout
 - Close
 - Immediate
 - ___ East
 - Not distant
 - Warm, so to speak
 - Intimate
 - Close in on
 - Within earshot
 - Kind of catastrophe
 - By
 - Kind of miss
 - Approach
 - Imminent
 - Around
 - ___ Miss
 - Within view
 - Next-door
 - At hand
 - Not far
 - Impending
 - Foreseeable
 - Within range, maybe
 - Dear's partner
 - Well-nigh
 - Within reach
 - Getting warm
 - In the area
 - Getting warm, say
 - In the offing
 - Fast approaching
 - In the vicinity
 - Future preceder
 - Close by
 - With 74-Down, part of Asia
 - Almost here
 - Within a stone's throw
 - Circa
 - Come up to
 - Approximate
 - "Warm"
 - Within easy reach
 - About
 - Within striking distance
 - "___ as I can tell ..."
 - Close to
 - Kind of beer
 - About to arrive
 - Get close to
 - Warm, in a search
 - Close at hand
 - Word with beer or miss
 - Dear companion?
 - Word before future or catastrophe
 - Move toward
 - Within arm's reach
 - Get warm, in a way
 - Warm, in a sense
 - A stone's throw away
 - Almost there
 - In the neighborhood
 - Not too far away
 - Within walking distance
 - Within shouting distance
 - Cheek by jowl
 - On the verge of
 - Within a hoot and a holler
 - Future leader?
 - Warm, in a way
 - Get closer
 - Only a stone's throw away
 - Almost here or there
 - Narrowly avoided
 - Stingy
 - Adjacent
 - Around the corner
 - In the vicinity of
 - On the brink of
 - Closefisted
 - Dear partner?
 - At one's fingertips
 - Just around the block, say
 - Proximate
 - Around the bend
 - A few feet away
 - A stone's throw from
 - Dear companion
 - Just around the corner
 - Across the street, say
 - __ Miss
 - Warm, in a game
 - Inches away from
 - Next to
 - Right around
 - At one's elbow
 - Get closer to
 - Type of miss
 - Word with "miss" or "catastrophe"
 - Almost upon us
 - Right around the corner
 - Like some misses
 - Close-by
 - Dear partner
 - Proximal
 - One sort of miss
 - Word with ''miss'' or ''sighted''
 - Warm, in a guessing game
 - Word with ''miss'' or ''catastrophe''
 - Very close
 - A mere step away
 - Come closer
 - In proximity
 - Far's partner
 - In the wind
 - Within spitting distance
 - Approaching
 - Come hither
 - Warm, in searches
 - East in an atlas
 - Not far away
 - Practically touching
 - Zero in on
 - With 65-Across, the starts of 20-, 26-, 43- and 51-Across taken together
 - In shouting range
 - Word with "miss" or "sighted"
 - Far from afar
 - Intro to miss?
 - Within range
 - Almost at hand
 - Just outside of
 - Within easy reach of
 - A stone's throw away from
 - Draw close
 - In the area of
 - In arm's reach
 - Not far from
 - Convenient, in a way
 - At no great distance
 - Get 44-Down
 - "Dear" partner
 - "...suddenly appear / Every time you are ___?"
 - ___ beer (O'Doul's, e.g.)
 - ___ beer: low-alcohol beverage
 - Far's counterpart
 - ___ and 60-Across (all around)
 - Come closer to
 - Only a day away, say
 - Warm, in a seeking game
 - ___ beer
 - Getting warm, in a way
 - In the ballpark
 - Almost
 - Verging on
 - Just steps away
 - Warm, say
 - Not quite touching
 - Opposite of far
 - Practically
 - Word with miss or catastrophe
 - Just inches from
 - A hop, skip and jump away
 - Pretty close
 - Alaskan islands
 - Warm
 - Pretty close-by
 - "Coming to a theater ___ you"
 - Easy to reach
 - Warm, on a hunt
 - Handy to
 - Getting warm, in a game
 - Handy
 - Closing in on
 - Within spittin' distance of
 - Move in on
 - Advance upon
 - Not too far off
 - Come close to
 - On or about
 - With 60-Across, very weak brew
 - Able to get to quickly
 - Just about
 - In close proximity
 - Closing in
 - Certainly not far from
 - Within shouting distance, say
 - With 97 Down, Beaufort scale category
 - Word before beer or miss
 - A mere stone's throw from
 - ___ relative
 - Bye
 - Easily reached
 - Close in
 - Closing on
 - Nigh
 - Within walking distance, say
 - Word with miss or beer
 - At close range
 - Approximately
 - ___ Island Aattu et al.)
 - Niggardly
 - Not at all far
 - A short distance away
 - Get warm in a search
 - "milton berle show" theme: "___ you"
 - Not far off
 - Sharing many of the characteristics of
 - Around the corner, say
 - A short distance from here
 - In close proximity to
 - Almost at
 - ___ at hand
 - A stone's throw from, say
 - Creep up on
 - About to arrive at
 - Within arm's length
 - "The spring is ___ when green geese are a-breeding": Shak.
 - Dear's rhyming partner
 - In the neighborhood of
 - "___, far, wherever you are" (Celine Dion lyric)
 - "It's ___ and dear to my heart"
 - A block or so away, say
 - 72-Across opposite
 - ___ beer (nonalcoholic beverage)
 - Readily available
 - Not far at all
 - Word with mint or miss
 
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