Answer:

nearest

Answer	Crossword Clue
NEAREST	Least remote
NEAREST	Closest
NEAREST	Most proximate

NEAREST	Next
NEAREST	Most accessible
NEAREST	Least distant
NEAREST	Most convenient
NEAREST	Most handy
NEAREST	Most closely related
NEAREST	Intimate and then some
NEAREST	Most warm, in a way

NEAREST	Like a best friend, say
NEAREST	Most intimate
NEAREST	Most approachable
NEAREST	Most close
NEAREST	Most convenient, perhaps
NEAREST	Proximate
NEAREST	Closest to hand
NEAREST	Best, as an estimate

NEAREST	In the foreground
NEAREST	Closest.
NEAREST	Most intimate.
NEAREST	Most nigh.
NEAREST	Shortest.
NEAREST	Most closely akin.
NEAREST	Walk to the ... exit.
NEAREST	Next.

NEAREST	Most parsimonious.
NEAREST	Most direct.
NEAREST	Most narrow.
NEAREST	Right at hand.
NEAREST	Often the dearest.
NEAREST	Least distant.
NEAREST	Most imminent
NEAREST	Companion of dearest

NEAREST	Most stingy
NEAREST	Dearest's companion
NEAREST	"Do the duty which lies ... thee": Carlyle
NEAREST	Least generous
NEAREST	Directions-inquiry word