| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| ALLBUT | Very nearly |
| ALMOST | Very nearly |
| NEXTTO | Very nearly |
| NEXTTO | Very nearly. |
| ALLBUT | Very nearly. |
| almost | very nearly |
| ALL | .. but (very nearly) |
| nighly | almost (very nearly) |
| bat | nearly or completely blind; having very poor vision |
| EMMA | Book whose title character "had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her" at the start of the story |
