Related Clues:

• ___ the knuckles (like some pitches)
• Not shut out of
• Barge __ (interrupt)
• Words after home, not hone
• Encircled by
• Close ___ (near)
• Knowledgeable of
• Listen ___ (hear via eavesdropping)
• In among
• Within a group
• Complicit with
• Close __ (approach)
• Involved with, as a plot
• Part of, as a surprise party plan
• In the centre of