Close shave from an object within reach? (4,5)
I believe the answer is:
near thing
'close shave' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'an object within reach?' is the wordplay.
'an object' becomes 'N' (N is an example).
'within reach?' becomes 'earthing' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'n'+'earthing'='NEAR THING'
'from' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for near thing that I've seen before include "Narrow escape, missed by a small margin (4.5)" , "Lucky escape" , "almost a disaster" , "Something that barely avoids failure or disaster" , "dangerous" .)