Approaches (5)

I think it could be either:

nears

comes

'approaches' is the definition.
('near' can be a synonym of 'approach')

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for nears that I've seen before include "Comes closer" , "advances" , "is approaching" , "Gets closer" , "Draws closer to" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times, The Mirror, the King Feature Syndicate, the Evening Standard, the Penny Press, The Sun, The Telegraph, The New York Times, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Guardian, the USA Today and The Wall Street Journal.

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