Pure css close button

Question

JSFiddle

Is there any way to make something like the X on that link with pure css?

Answer 1

Edit: Updated css to match with what you have..

DEMO

HTML

    X

CSS

.close-btn {
    border: 2px solid #c2c2c2;
    position: relative;
    padding: 1px 5px;
    top: -20px;
    background-color: #605F61;
    left: 198px;
    border-radius: 20px;
}

.close-btn a {
    font-size: 15px;
    font-weight: bold;
    color: white;
    text-decoration: none;
}