Secret place Oscar's approaching (5,2)
I believe the answer is:
close to
'secret place oscar's approaching' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'secret place oscar's' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'secret' could be 'closet' (synonyms) and 'closet' is present in the answer.
'oscar' could be 'o' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.) and 'o' is located in the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for close to that I've seen before include "near" , "Nearly" , "'Nearby (5,2)'" .)