Possible Clues:

• Adjacent
• Mean times may be close
• Barney Rubble, perhaps, close at 11
• Close to a rampaging bear in a US city
• Close almost bowled for fifty
• Close bank experiencing setback in US city
• Marshal enlists form of support picked up in the neighbourhood
• Barney's turned out to be handy
• Proximal
• Left at the side of local