Clues for the word "NEARMISS"
We've had 39 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 89 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mindfood Daily crossword on October 12, 2025.
Referring Clues
- Close one
- "Almost"
- Close call
- Reason to say "Whew!"
- It's close but gets no cigar
- Reason for relief
- Young woman next door?
- *Failure by a narrow margin
- This might elicit "close but no cigar"
- "Phew!" evoker
- Aviation safety statistic
- Not a direct hit (2 words)
- Narrowly avoided collision
- Narrow escape from mean girl
- Submarines torpedoed? U-boat's heading away - close call!
- Local girl narrowly averted disaster
- One warm kiss leads to discharge, almost a disaster
- Attempt that just fails to be successful
- Mean error puts it just off target
- Local girl's a hit, almost
- Lucky escape for mean spinster
- Almost successful shot
- Narrow escape for ship after marine disaster
- Narrowly-avoided accident
- Close shave
- Lucky escape
- Almost a hit with the girl next door?
- Mean error puts it off target
- Narrow escape for mean young lady
- Narrow escape for the girl next door?
- Close to an accident
- Mean girl only just avoiding disaster
- Close call for armies out of step between two points
- Narrowly avoided collision with tight young woman
- Complex seminars not quite hitting the mark
- "Whew!" elicitor
- Shot just wide of target
- Poles surrounding scattered armies? That's not quite on target
- Barely avoided accident
Last Seen In
- Mindfood Daily - October 12, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 27, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - September 22, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - July 06, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - June 05, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - May 21, 2025
- USA Today - March 23, 2025
- Your Life Choices - February 16, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - February 04, 2025
- Daily Quick - January 06, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - November 29, 2024
- Your Life Choices - November 16, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - October 27, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - August 12, 2024
- Your Life Choices - August 03, 2024
- Your Life Choices - July 20, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - April 19, 2024
- Your Life Choices - October 26, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - October 10, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - September 15, 2023
- Your Life Choices - September 14, 2023
- Your Life Choices - September 12, 2023
- Mindfood Daily - July 09, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - May 05, 2023
- Mindfood Daily - March 29, 2023
- Mindfood Daily - March 03, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - February 05, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - February 04, 2023
- Your Life Choices - January 18, 2023
- Daily Quick - January 06, 2023
- And in 59 more crossword puzzles...