Possible Clues:

• A dissolute kidnaps maiden? Not quite!
• Virtually nothing brought in by charity concert finally
• Close to First Avenue on Fifty-second Street
• Florida band that "nearly" made it?
• Practically nothing received by charity ahead of time
• More or less, last crazy doctor inside
• 'You're getting close!'
• 'So close!'
• 'You're so close!'
• 'So close'