Close one tab at a time with key commands

Hi all,
I'm a big key command guy. I think I've figured out most things so I rarely have to go for the trackball and leave the keyboard.
But recently (I think since an upgrade to Safari, but I can't be 100% sure), my previous command-W that used to close the frontmost tab now closes the entire window...bummed! How do I get my key command back?
Thanks all.

Start with resetting all shortcuts to their defaults, restarting, and see if that fixes the problem. As I said, it works here w/o any changes made, so I suspect you or some other app mucked things up.

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