The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word NEAR
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result NEAR
- Unlikely to lash out at close quarters
- Flog designer hat that's not right visually
- Close to settler getting into marshal
- Not quite intimate
- & 7 New member stitched on Brian? Yuk, that’ll do!
- Tight head’s featurewith name or number on
- Almost managed to climb over fence at back
- Tight-fisted? Not far off!
- Mostly ingenious and right? Almost right
- Closely note taste in music?
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What does NEAR mean?
NEAR noun- The left side of a horse or of a team of horses pulling a carriage etc.
- To come closer to; to approach.
- Physically close.
- Close in time.
- Closely connected or related.
- Close to one's interests, affection, etc.; intimate; dear.
- Close to anything followed or imitated; not free, loose, or rambling.
- So as barely to avoid or pass injury or loss; close; narrow.
- Approximate, almost.
- (in relation to a vehicle) On the side nearest to the kerb (the left-hand side if one drives on the left).
- Next to the driver, when he is on foot; on the left of an animal or a team.
- Immediate; direct; close; short.
- Stingy; parsimonious.
- At or towards a position close in space or time.
- Nearly; almost.
- Physically close to, in close proximity to.
- Close to in time.
- Close to in nature or degree.