Related Clues:

• One who is skilled at bringing a business transaction to a satisfactory conclusion
• More warm, in a way
• Conservative failure is not so far away
• Easier to reach, say
• Ninth or 10th player, perhaps
• Much closer to
• Master negotiator
• Stuffier cold may be the sore type
• More famiiar Conservative defeated opponent
• More immediate Conservative failure
• 'Getting warmer!'
• Dealmaking pro
• At less distance away
• “___, My God, to Thee”
• Conservative failure getting nearer