Less remote (6)
(Other definitions for closer that I've seen before include "one concludes" , "One winds up" , "Nearer or more penny-pinching" , "Nearer or more intimate" , "not so remote" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">less remote</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for nearer that I've seen before include "More proximate" , "Less remote" , "More adjacent or more miserly" , "Not so far away" , "More close at hand" .)