The Clue
Limit (4 letter answer)
The Answer
EDGE
Tags
Notes
The answer EDGE is very common and appears about once every 37 puzzles.
Related Clues
Advantage
Bezel
Border
Brink
Cusp
Fringe
Keenness
Lip
Margin
Periphery
Rim
Selvage
Sharpen
Skirt
Superiority
Verge
Ad in, e.g.
Barely beat
Better chance
Just beat
Leg up
Nose (out)
Nose out
Site of abutment
Slight advantage
Trim, as a photograph
Upper hand
Best, but barely
Defeat narrowly, with "out"
What the house has at Reno
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"