[jQuery] Re: is there an opposite of 'closet' selector

[MorningZ]

btw, the HTML would be something like

<table>
  <tbody>
       <tr>
            <td>
              <table>
                  <tbody>
                       <tr>
                         <td><a href="...">Update</a></td>
                       </tr>
                  </tbody>
              </table>
            </td>
            <td>
              <table>
                  <tbody>
                       <tr>
                         <td><span class="Timer"></td>
                       </tr>
                  </tbody>
              </table>
            </td>
       </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

and I want to: "select and hide the <a> before #Timer"
but the HTML *may* not be exactly like above, just that the update
link is the nearest <a> to the span