- EDGED
- Worked on lawn borders
- Beat by a nose
- Moved sideways
- Trimmed the lawn
- Narrowly defeated
- Beat in a close one
- Snuck (by)
- Took the lead
- Sidled
- Sidled (along)
- Like a knife
- Moved slowly (past)
- Nosed out
- Barely beat
- Bordered
- Inched (along slowly)
- Beat in a thriller
- Squeaked by, in the sports pages
- Neatened the lawn
- Barely defeated
- Whipped by a whisker
- Tidied the lawn
- Beat by a whisker
- Put a border on
- Formed the border of
- Advanced slowly
- Moved gradually
- Sharpened
- Narrowly defeated, with "out"
- Having a border
- Just beat out
- Worked on the lawn
- Beat at the buzzer
- Beaten by a whisker
- Sharp, as a razor
- Hard-___ (tough)
- Trimmed
- Double-___ (risky)
- Advanced with care
- Neatened the garden
- Double-__
- Beaten by a nose, say
- Having clear boundaries
- Beat by a bit
- Just beat
- Tidied, as a lawn
- Defeated narrowly
- Trimmed, in a way
- Barely avoided tying
- Narrowly beat
- Finished some landscaping
- Won by a nose
- Like swords
- __ out (defeated)
- Sarcastic
- Defeated, with "out"
- Used a weed whacker, perhaps
- Barely surpassed, with "out"
- Defeated by a hair
- Defeated by a whisker
- Barely nosed out
- Moved cautiously
- Double-__ sword
- Slipped past
- Trimmed, as the lawn
- Proceeded with caution
- Sarcastic in manner
- Trimmed, as hedges
- Won by a whisker
- Double-___ sword
- Advanced gradually
- Barely beat out
- Moved with caution
- Did some lawn work
- Sharply beveled.
- Sharp.
- Inched.
- Served as a border to.
- Made a border.
- Trimmed, as with lace.
- Honed.
- Trenchant.
- Moved along a cliff
- ___ out (defeated narrowly)
- Like some tools.
- Razor-sharp.
- Cutting.
- Fringed
- Moved slowly.
- Won narrowly, with "out."
- ___ out (won closely)
- Trimmed the rims
- Trimmed a lawn
- Trimmed the rim
- Barely won, with "out"
- Having sharpness
- Crept
- Did a lawn job
- Moved sidewise
- Rimmed
- Sharp; trenchant
- Having boundaries
- Lined
- Trimmed a walkway
- Won by a nose, with "out"
- Put on a border
- Double-___
- Sharp-___
- Beaten (out)
- Cutting, as a remark
- Beat by one, say
- Barely beaten
- Beat (out)
- Beat after a buzzer beater
- Defeated, but barely
- Beat out by a hair
- Two-___ sword
- Beat by just a bit
- Barely beat, with 'out'
- Two- -- sword
- Rory Gallagher: "___ In Blue"
- What better band did to competition
- Barely beat, at battle of bands
- Beat by a hair, with "out"
- Framed
- Trimmed along the walk
- Moved hesitantly
- Moved stealthily
- Trimmed along the walk, e.g.
- Trimmed, as the outskirts of the lawn
- Advanced cautiously
- Skirted
- Like all swords and razors
- Like razor blades
- Nipped at the wire
- Trimmed, as a lawn
- ___ out (barely defeated)
- Beaten by a hair
- Moved gingerly
- Neatened the lawn, in a way
- Did a lawn maintenance job
- Went sideways
- Defeated, barely
- Neatened, as a lawn
- Defeated by one run, say
- Moved furtively
- Neatened the perimeter of
- Moved carefully
- Beat by a small margin
- Whetted
- Moved hesitatingly
- Beat barely
- Beat, but barely
- Defeated by a small margin
- Scored one more point than
- Beat by one, maybe
- Moved laterally