BY' is a two-letter word that can be used as a preposition to indicate direction, location, or time. It can also be used as an adverb to mean 'in the vicinity of.' The other words in the crossword are related to this definition. 'ON' is two letters and means 'ON top of, ' 'BEYOND' is six letters and means 'farther away than, ' 'ALONG' is five letters and means 'in a line with, ' 'OVER' is four letters and means 'ABOVE, ' 'PER' is three letters and means 'for each, ' 'ALONGSIDE' is nine letters and means 'next to, ' 'NEAR' is four letters and means 'close by, ' 'AT' is two letters and means 'in the direction of, ' 'BESIDE' is six letters and means 'by the side of, ' 'VIA' is three letters and means 'by way of, ' 'asof' is four letters and means 'from the time of, ' 'JOVE' is four letters and means 'by Jupiter, ' 'PEER' is four letters and means 'equal to, ' 'george' is six letters and means 'by George, ' 'jiminy' is six letters and means 'by Jiminy, ' 'nearto' is six letters and means 'close to, ' 'closeto' is seven letters and means 'NEAR to, ' and 'earnaliving' is eleven letters and means 'by earning a living.'