Answer:

around

Answer	Crossword Clue
AROUND	About
AROUND	Here and there
AROUND	In the neighborhood

AROUND	Word needed to be added to 12 appropriately placed answers in this puzzle for their clues to make sense
AROUND	Roughly
AROUND	Not too far away
AROUND	Near
AROUND	On the right and left
AROUND	In the vicinity
AROUND	Nearby
AROUND	Circa

AROUND	Where the worldly-wise have been