| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| DEARER | Nearer | |
| CLOSER | Nearer | |
| NER | Nearer. | |
| NEER | Nearer. | |
| NARRE | Nearer. | |
| NERRE | Nearer. | |
| APPROACHING | Coming nearer | |
| APPROACHES | Comes nearer | |
| RIPER | Nearer to harvest-ready | |
| LOOMS | Gets ominously nearer | |
| GAINSON | Gets nearer to | |
| APPROACH | Come nearer to | |
| AFTER | Hinder; nearer the rear. | |
| EARNER | Nearer to building lucrative enterprise | |
| CLOSESIN | Comes nearer to someone being pursued | |
| HITCH | To move with hitches; as, he hitched his chair nearer. | |
| NEAR | To approach; to come nearer; as, the ship neared the land. | |
| CUT-OFF | That which cuts off or shortens, as a nearer passage or road. | |
| SWIFTER | To tighten, as slack standing rigging, by bringing the opposite shrouds nearer. | |
| CONVERGE | To tend to one point; to incline and approach nearer together; as, lines converge. | |
| NORTHWARD | Toward the north; nearer to the north than to the east or west point. | |
| APPROXIMATION | A continual approach or coming nearer to a result; as, to solve an equation by approximation. | |
| DROPLIGHT | An apparatus for bringing artificial light down from a chandelier nearer to a table or desk; a pendant. | |
| LEFT-HAND | Situated on the left; nearer the left hand than the right; as, the left-hand side; the left-hand road. | |
| NORTHWARDS | Toward the north, or toward a point nearer to the north than to the east or west point. | |