Comes close to fitting listening device in quarters (5)
I believe the answer is:
nears
'comes close to' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'fitting listening device in quarters' is the wordplay.
'fitting' indicates putting letters inside (the word fits some more letters inside it).
'listening device' becomes 'ear' (I've seen this in another clue).
'in quarters' becomes 'ns' (I am not sure about the 'in' bit.).
'ear' going inside 'ns' is 'NEARS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for nears that I've seen before include "Approaches - snare (anag)" , "is approaching" , "Moves towards" , "advances" , "Bears down" .)