Collocations for neat - adj.

appear, be, look, seem
make sth
keep sth
She kept her desk extremely neat.

extremely, fairly, very, etc.
surprisingly
The handwriting was surprisingly neat.

neat and tidy
I've made the front lawn all neat and tidy.

Neat is used with these nouns:
beard, bow, brandy, bun, cut, feature, finish, fold, football, footwork, freak, gadget, handwriting, lawn, moustache, package, parcel, pile, row, script, solution, square, trick, twist, whisky, writing