The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 plus 2 letter word CLOSE UP
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More clues leading to the result CLOSE UP
- Get beaten in competition and refuse to talk
- Intimate view of operation’s final act
- Leave no gaps for picture
- Snap shut?
- Cease operating in secret in court
- Get beaten in knockout competition but reduce the deficit
- In tournament, miss shot from short range
- Photograph way-out couples
- Fail in competition and refuse to talk
- Photograph miss tucked into a part of bra
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Crossword Answer definitions
CLOSE UP noun- A photographic (or other) image in which the subject is shown at a relatively large scale, and occupies most or all of the frame.
- Of or pertaining to things in near proximity or a situation involving nearness.