Nearest (7)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">nearest</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">('close' can be a synonym of 'near')</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for closest that I've seen before include "Nearest or most sultry" , "Most intimate" , "Most stuffy" , "Nearest or meanest" , "Superlatively dense" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">nearest</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for next that I've seen before include "shop" , "Neighbour lives in the house . . . . door" , "Nearest following" , "Proximate" , "First in line" .)