Clues for the word "CLOSER"
We've had 70 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 104 times in crosswords. It was last seen in USA Today crossword on February 27, 2025.
Definition of closer
- n. - One who, or that which, closes; specifically, a boot closer. See under Boot.
- n. - A finisher; that which finishes or terminates.
- n. - The last stone in a horizontal course, if of a less size than the others, or a piece of brick finishing a course.
Referring Clues
- Comparatively contiguous
- Expert dealmaker
- Deal finalizer
- Ninth-inning pitcher
- Contract-negotiating pro
- Ninth-inning relief pitcher
- More intimate
- Dealmaker extraordinaire
- Player with many saves
- Sales specialist
- Star relief pitcher
- Last reliever called
- Ninth-inning hurler, often
- Effective salesman
- Ninth inning specialist
- Not so distant
- Not so remote
- With 67-Across, how the contractions in this puzzle move
- Nearer
- Sales expert
- Mariano Rivera, notably
- Not as remote
- Dennis Eckersley, e.g.
- Bottom-of-the-ninth pitcher
- Being nearer in space or time
- Mariano Rivera, for most of his career
- Expert salesperson
- Less distant
- Shutter, so to speak, that's not so far away
- Nine Inch Nails hit with the freaky video
- Travis hit off "The Boy With No Name"
- More airless
- Not really a shutter, nevertheless nearer the mark
- One who shuts up and gets more intimate?
- A handier shutter?
- Less open Conservative defeated opponent
- Inferior competitor follows Cambridge lead - but not so far behind
- Successful deal maker is caught by failure
- King Charles holding miss tighter
- Ninth-inning starter, often
- More oppressive? Not so far
- Conservative Right about to come a cropper? Not so far
- Constant failure is denser
- See the vanquished more intimately
- Bullpen hero
- Shut up by river that's less remote
- Pitching staff VIP
- Effective deal maker
- The shutter is heavier
- Less far off
- "Fastener" is more analogous
- Effective salesperson
- Bullpen ace
- With the shutter, it's less airy
- "Warmer"
- Heavier cold the person who was beaten had
- More friendly with, he concludes
- The last one was more friendly with
- Not as far
- Master negotiator
- "Getting warmer!"
- Dealmaking pro
- See a failure more intimately
- Hotter, in a hiding game
- Pitcher sent in to seal a win
- One who shuts up and gets more intimate?
- A handier shutter?
- See new roles as more intimate
- Sale finalizer
- Deal sealer
Last Seen In
- USA Today - February 27, 2025
- Daily Quick - February 18, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 27, 2024
- Daily Quick - December 13, 2024
- New York Times - November 15, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - October 27, 2024
- Daily Quick - October 01, 2024
- Daily Quick - August 18, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - August 04, 2024
- Daily Quick - July 25, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 06, 2024
- Daily Quick - April 26, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 26, 2024
- Daily Quick - January 30, 2024
- Daily American - December 09, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - November 27, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 02, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 09, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 25, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - July 03, 2023
- Daily Quick - June 28, 2023
- Daily Quick - June 17, 2023
- Daily Quick - May 09, 2023
- Daily Quick - February 18, 2023
- Daily Quick - December 13, 2022
- New York Times - December 12, 2022
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 06, 2022
- Daily Cryptic - October 27, 2022
- Daily Quick - October 01, 2022
- USA Today - September 13, 2022
- And in 74 more crossword puzzles...