How about making it a little bit bigger?
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140px should be enough for any one.
A little more seriously though, moving it to the top seems to me like a worse option, since the space up there is incredibly tight. Instead, may I suggest making the entire bottom area (which current doesn't contain anything anyway) the target area for the close link, as well as giving it a different shade of gray to easily distinguish the close link.
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