| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| NEXT | Almost up |
| RANLOW | Was almost used up |
| NNE | Almost straight up, for short |
| ARAL | ... Sea (almost dried-up body) |
| STEEP | Almost straight up and down, as a cliff |
| SCRUGZ | Almost a quarter of nine: too soon to get up? (6) |
| candlepin | bowling pin that is almost cylindrical and can be set up on either end, used in a game resembling tenpins |
