Edge
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

HEM
The edge of a piece of cloth; especially the finished edge that has been doubled under and stitched down; "the hem of her dress was stained"; "let down the hem"; "he stitched weights into the curtain's hem"; "it seeped along the hem of his jacket"

RIM
The top edge of a vessel or other container

LIP
Either the outer margin or the inner margin of the aperture of a gastropod's shell

NIP
A tart spicy quality

4 letters

SIDE
An extended outer surface of an object; "he turned the box over to examine the bottom side"; "they painted all four sides of the house"

BRIM
A circular projection that sticks outward from the crown of a hat

HONE
A whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors

CUSP
Point formed by two intersecting arcs (as from the intrados of a Gothic arch)

TRIM
Cutting down to the desired size or shape

ABUT
Lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland"

BUTT
The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"

INCH
A unit of measurement for advertising space

BITE
A portion removed from the whole; "the government's weekly bite from my paycheck"

5 letters

LIMIT
The greatest possible degree of something; "what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior"; "to the limit of his ability"

SKIRT
Form the edge of

BOUND
A light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards

MARCH
The act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind); "it was a long march"; "we heard the sound of marching"

SIDLE
Move sideways

BRINK
The limit beyond which something happens or changes; "on the verge of tears"; "on the brink of bankruptcy"

VERGE
A grass border along a road

6 letters

BORDER
A strip forming the outer edge of something; "the rug had a wide blue border"

MARGIN
A permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits

BUTTON
A round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes

FRINGE
An ornamental border consisting of short lengths of hanging threads or tassels

ADJOIN
Attach or add; "I adjoin a copy of your my lawyer's letter"

FLANGE
A projection used for strength or for attaching to another object

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VANTAGE
The quality of having a superior or more favorable position; "the experience gave him the advantage over me"

CUTTING
The act of diluting something; "the cutting of whiskey with water"; "the thinning of paint with turpentine"

SHARPEN
Make crisp or more crisp and precise; "We had to sharpen our arguments"

NOSEOUT
Recognize or detect by or as if by smelling; "He can smell out trouble"

BEATOUT
Beat out a rhythm

8 letters

OUTSKIRT
A part of the city far removed from the center; "they built a factory on the outskirts of the city"

BOUNDARY
The line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something

HANDICAP
Something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress

KEENNESS
Thinness of edge or fineness of point

9 letters

PERIPHERY
The outside boundary or surface of something

PRECIPICE
A very steep cliff

THRESHOLD
The sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway

ADVANTAGE
Benefit resulting from some event or action; "it turned out to my advantage"; "reaping the rewards of generosity"

PERIMETER
The size of something as given by the distance around it

SHARPNESS
Harshness of manner

10 letters

BORDERLINE
A line that indicates a boundary

11 letters

BUTTAGAINST
Collide violently with an obstacle; "I ran into the telephone pole"

SUPERIORITY
The quality of being superior

13 letters

EFFECTIVENESS
Capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects; "the toxin's potency"; "the strength of the drinks"