The Clue
Advantage (4 letter answer)
The Answer
EDGE
Tags
Notes
The answer EDGE is very common and appears about once every 37 puzzles.
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Border
Boundary
Brink
Cusp
Flange
Fringe
Hipness
Keenness
Margin
Rim
Selvage
Sharpen
Sharpness
Sidle
Skirt
Vantage
Beat (out)
Beat slightly
Fringe or flange
John Lindsay's "The ___"
Keenness, as of appetite
Maugham's "The Razor's ___"
Move hesitantly
Nose (out)
Part of a box
Slight lead
Upper hand
Part that's sharp
Kind of piece in a jigsaw puzzle
Definition
EDGE as a noun:
1. (edge, border) = the boundary of a surface
2. a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object; "he rounded the edges of the box"
3. (boundary, edge, bound) = a line determining the limits of an area
4. (edge, sharpness) = the attribute of urgency; "his voice had an edge to it"
5. a slight competitive advantage; "he had an edge on the competition"
6. (edge, margin) = a strip near the boundary of an object; "he jotted a note on the margin of the page"
EDGE as a verb:
1. (edge, inch) = advance slowly, as if by inches; "He edged towards the car"
2. (border, edge) = provide with a border or edge; "edge the tablecloth with embroidery"
3. (border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on) = lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland"
4. provide with an edge; "edge a blade"