The Clue
Perimeter (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
Brink
Cusp
Ecotone
Flange
Fringe
Hem
Keenness
Lip
Margin
Rim
Selvage
Sharpness
Sidle
Skirt
Superiority
Threshold
Add fringe to
Barely beat
Defeat, barely
Leg up
Move cautiously
Move hesitantly
Move sideways
Narrowly defeat
Nose (out)
Nose out
Sharpen, as a knife
Slight advantage
Trim, in a way
Upper hand
Defeat narrowly, with "out"
What a jumpy person is on
1988 Dick Francis thriller, with "The"
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"