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Beat Out By A Hair Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is EDGED which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: EDGED

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RankLettersAnswerClue
199%5Exact Match!
227%11 Accenting a weak beat instead of a strong beat
327%10 Pertaining to the weak beat that precedes the first strong beat in a musical measure

About This Clues Answer

We think the answer is "EDGED" which means:

    adjective satellite
  • • Having a specified kind of border or edge
  • • (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character
  • • Having a cutting edge or especially an edge or edges as specified; often used in combination
  • verb
  • • To move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
  • • To move slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
  • • (usually in the form 'just edge') to win by a small margin.
  • • To hit the ball with an edge of the bat, causing a fine deflection.
  • • To trim the margin of a lawn where the grass meets the sidewalk, usually with an electric or gas-powered lawn edger.
  • • To furnish with an edge; to construct an edging.
  • • To furnish with an edge, as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.
  • • To make sharp or keen; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.
  • • To delay one's orgasm so as to remain almost at the point of orgasm.
  • adjective
  • • That has a sharp planar surface.
  • • Followed by with: having an edging of a certain material, color, and so on.

An example sentence would be:

  • • "She walked along the narrow, edged path."
  • • "His anger was evident in the edged tone of his voice."

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New York Times03 May 2020 Across 38
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