| Barely defeated |
Newsday |
26 Oct 2026 |
| Inched |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
17 Sep 2026 |
| Double-___ sword |
USA Today |
16 Sep 2026 |
| Snicked (a ball) in cricket |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
14 Sep 2026 |
| "It's a double-____ sword" |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
13 Sep 2026 |
| Moved cautiously |
The Telegraph Quick |
05 Sep 2026 |
| Trimmed |
Thomas Joseph |
02 Sep 2026 |
| Double-__ sword |
Newsday |
25 Aug 2026 |
| Just barely beat |
Newsday |
19 Aug 2026 |
| Just got past |
The Atlantic |
09 Aug 2026 |
| "O, turn thy __ sword another way; / Strike those that hurt, and hurt not those that help": "Henry VI, Part 1" |
LA Times Daily |
30 Jul 2026 |
| Moved carefully |
The Telegraph Plusword |
30 Jul 2026 |
| Snicked, of a cricket ball |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
27 Jul 2026 |
| Follower of double or gilt |
New York Times |
23 Jul 2026 |
| Moved carefully |
The Telegraph Plusword |
21 Jul 2026 |
| Just beat |
New York Times |
10 Jul 2026 |
| Double-__ sword |
Newsday |
07 Jul 2026 |
| Barely defeated |
Commuter |
20 May 2026 |
| Barely defeated |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Apr 2026 |
| Narrowly beat |
The Telegraph Plusword |
21 Apr 2026 |
| Inched forward |
Puzzler |
29 Mar 2026 |
| Barely defeated |
Newsday |
11 Feb 2026 |
| Barely beat out |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Dec 2025 |
| Double-__ sword |
Commuter |
12 Dec 2025 |
| Barely beat, with "out" |
New York Times Mini |
26 Nov 2025 |
| Walked like a crab |
The Washington Post Mini |
11 Nov 2025 |
| Moved sideways |
Thomas Joseph |
07 Nov 2025 |
| Moved slowly in a jam, losing lead position |
The Times Cryptic |
04 Nov 2025 |
| Moved slowly (5) |
Puzzler |
30 Sep 2025 |
| Moved sideways |
Thomas Joseph |
25 Sep 2025 |
| Given a border (5) |
The Sun Mini |
22 Sep 2025 |
| Barely beat |
Universal |
22 Sep 2025 |
| Barely beat |
The Washington Post Mini |
11 Sep 2025 |
| Barely defeated |
USA Today |
02 Sep 2025 |
| Defeated, but barely |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Jul 2025 |
| Moved slowly and guarded against loss, Cockney fashion (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
26 Jul 2025 |
| Moved slowly to two journalists holding note (5) |
|
|
| Moved sideways |
Commuter |
23 Jun 2025 |
| Gradually pushed border back to Scotland |
The Times Cryptic |
03 Jun 2025 |
| Narrowly defeated |
USA Today |
19 May 2025 |
| Moved inch by inch |
|
|
| Double-___ sword |
Universal |
05 May 2025 |
| Narrowly defeated |
Newsday |
30 Apr 2025 |
| Inched (toward) |
|
|
| Moved a little to one side (5) |
|
|
| Narrowly defeated |
Newsday |
01 Apr 2025 |
| Sidled (5) |
Puzzler |
26 Mar 2025 |
| Double-___ sword |
LA Times Mini |
23 Mar 2025 |
| Hemmed, ... the garment |
|
|
| Moved by inches |
|
|
| Beat by one point, e.g. |
|
|
| Moved slowly (5) |
Puzzler |
19 Feb 2025 |
| Barely defeated |
Universal |
06 Feb 2025 |
| Barely defeated |
Newsday |
05 Feb 2025 |
| Just beat |
The Telegraph Plusword |
05 Feb 2025 |
| Defeated, but barely |
Thomas Joseph |
04 Feb 2025 |
| Bordered |
The Sun Mini |
24 Jan 2025 |
| Trimmed the border of |
Universal |
17 Jan 2025 |
| ... out (barely beat) (5) |
|
|
| Created a border |
|
|
| Bordered: the blanket is - with satin ribbon |
|
|
| Defeated, but barely |
Thomas Joseph |
18 Dec 2024 |
| Trimmed,...with lace |
|
|
| Nicked, as a cricket ball |
The Telegraph Plusword |
07 Dec 2024 |
| Defeated, but just barely |
|
|
| Finished some landscaping |
LA Times Daily |
29 Nov 2024 |
| Sidled away from the sledge dogs? (5) |
|
|
| Moved sideways |
Thomas Joseph |
11 Nov 2024 |
| Bordered |
The Telegraph Plusword |
09 Nov 2024 |
| Bordered |
Puzzler Backwords |
23 Oct 2024 |
| Head of government flanked by journalists moved slowly (5) |
|
|
| Moved slowly when surrounded? (5) |
|
|
| With a blade (5) |
|
|
| Crept along with a blade? (5) |
|
|
| Moved obliquely nearer - kind of deed involving good leader (5) |
|
|
| Sidled (5) |
Puzzler |
06 Sep 2024 |
| Moved gradually, furtively (5) |
|
|
| Barely beat |
LA Times Daily |
22 Aug 2024 |
| Moved to one side as 'e layoff 'is bets (5) |
|
|
| Moved along very slowly |
The Times Concise |
18 Jul 2024 |
| Moved slowly closer, nearer |
|
|
| Moved slowly and guarded against loss, Cockney fashion (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
18 Jun 2024 |
| Beat by a small margin |
USA Today |
10 Jun 2024 |
| Sidled in the direction of some sledge dogs (5) |
|
|
| Moved gradually away from centre before day one (5) |
|
|
| Beat by just a bit |
New York Times |
28 May 2024 |
| Double-__ sword |
Newsday |
27 May 2024 |
| Double-___ sword (thing that can help or harm) |
|
|
| Moved slowly and guarded against loss, Cockney fashion (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
14 May 2024 |
| Nicked and taken to the border (5) |
|
|
| Sidled (5) |
Puzzler |
03 May 2024 |
| Almost hedged, then moved gradually out (5) |
|
|
| Having a rim or boundary of a specified sort (5) |
|
|
| Sidled slowly (5) |
|
|
| Moved slowly to the side of group-leader in misdeed (5) |
|
|
| Double-___ sword |
New York Times Mini |
06 Apr 2024 |
| Bordered, hemmed |
|
|
| Neatened the borders of a lawn |
|
|
| Put lace around a border |
|
|
| Went round or moved sideways |
|
|
| Trimmed the border |
|
|
| Bordered; inched |
The Telegraph Quick |
01 Mar 2024 |
| Bordered; inched (5) |
|
|
| Neatened, like a lawn |
|
|
| Barely defeated |
New York Times |
22 Feb 2024 |
| Barely defeated |
Universal |
17 Feb 2024 |
| Moved slowly and guarded against loss, Cockney fashion (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
16 Feb 2024 |
| Played to slip, in cricket |
|
|
| Advanced furtively |
|
|
| Des, rising around midnight, moved carefully |
|
|
| Beaten by a hair |
Universal |
07 Feb 2024 |
| Given a border (5) |
Puzzler |
06 Feb 2024 |
| Pushed in gradually |
|
|
| Narrowly defeated |
Newsday |
22 Jan 2024 |
| Editors divided over Telegraph's focus made slow progress |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
19 Jan 2024 |
| Editors divided over Telegraph's focus made slow progress (5) |
|
|
| Sidled moved |
|
|
| Head of government flanked by journalists moved slowy (5) |
|
|
| Moved laterally |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Nov 2023 |
| Advanced gradually |
The Telegraph Quick |
04 Nov 2023 |
| Moved cautiously |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Sep 2023 |
| Defeated, but barely |
Thomas Joseph |
27 Sep 2023 |
| Narrowly defeated |
Universal |
22 May 2023 |
| Trimmed, in a way |
LA Times Daily |
04 May 2023 |
| Barely defeated |
Newsday |
09 Apr 2023 |
| Tidied, as a lawn |
LA Times Daily |
09 Mar 2023 |
| Double-___ sword |
USA Today |
05 Mar 2023 |
| Moved cautiously |
New York Times |
26 Feb 2023 |
| Nosed (out) |
Newsday |
27 Nov 2022 |
| Trimmed, as hedges |
Newsday |
10 Oct 2022 |
| Barely defeated |
Universal |
07 Sep 2022 |
| Defeated by a hair |
Universal |
30 Aug 2022 |
| Having clear boundaries |
LA Times Daily |
20 Aug 2022 |
| Nosed (out) |
LA Times Daily |
14 Aug 2022 |
| Defeated, but barely |
Thomas Joseph |
10 May 2022 |
| Moved slowly, like sharpened blades |
The Times Cryptic |
02 May 2022 |
| Sarcastic in manner |
Newsday |
28 Apr 2022 |
| Sarcastic |
Newsday |
23 Apr 2022 |
| Barely beat |
|
|
| Moved furtively |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Feb 2022 |
| Moved cautiously |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Feb 2022 |
| Beaten by a nose, say |
LA Times Daily |
02 Feb 2022 |
| Beaten by a nose, say |
|
|
| Narrowly defeated |
LA Times Daily |
03 Jan 2022 |
| Moved sideways |
Thomas Joseph |
03 Jan 2022 |
| Barely defeated |
|
|
| Barely defeated |
Universal |
18 Dec 2021 |
| Defeated, but barely |
Thomas Joseph |
12 Nov 2021 |
| Narrowly beat |
LA Times Daily |
06 Jun 2021 |
| Narrowly beat |
|
|
| Double-__ sword |
Newsday |
04 May 2021 |
| Barely avoided tying |
|
|
| Barely avoided tying |
LA Times Daily |
24 Apr 2021 |
| Sidled (along) |
New York Times |
31 Mar 2021 |
| Trimmed privet maybe after spending hour with daughter |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
15 Feb 2021 |
| Moved gradually sideways |
|
|
| Just beat, with 'out' |
|
|
| Defeated by a hair |
USA Today |
25 Nov 2020 |
| Moved carefully |
USA Today |
03 Nov 2020 |
| Provided with a border |
Premier Sunday |
01 Nov 2020 |
| Two-___ sword |
New York Times |
14 Sep 2020 |
| Moved sideways |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 Aug 2020 |
| Moved laterally |
Thomas Joseph |
29 Jun 2020 |
| Barely defeated |
LA Times Daily |
25 May 2020 |
| Barely defeated |
|
|
| Beat out by a hair |
New York Times |
03 May 2020 |
| ___ out (barely defeated) |
Universal |
03 Apr 2020 |
| Double-___ sword |
USA Today |
24 Feb 2020 |
| Double-___ sword |
|
|
| Beat by a hair |
New York Times |
29 Dec 2019 |
| Beat by a hair |
|
|
| Crept |
The Telegraph Quick |
17 Dec 2019 |
| Moved sideways |
Thomas Joseph |
15 Nov 2019 |
| Sidled |
Premier Sunday |
27 Oct 2019 |
| Defeated, but barely |
|
|
| Defeated, but barely |
New York Times |
25 Oct 2019 |
| Narrowly defeated |
Newsday |
23 Sep 2019 |
| Trimmed, as a lawn |
Universal |
08 Sep 2019 |
| Won by a narrow margin, with "out" |
|
|
| Barely defeated |
Universal |
16 Aug 2019 |
| Defeated by a hair |
New York Times |
06 Aug 2019 |
| Trimmed |
Thomas Joseph |
26 Jul 2019 |
| Moved cautiously |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Jun 2019 |
| Defeated narrowly |
|
|
| Defeated narrowly |
LA Times Daily |
08 Apr 2019 |
| Moved sideways |
Newsday |
10 Mar 2019 |
| Trimmed, in a way |
LA Times Daily |
09 Feb 2019 |
| Trimmed, in a way |
|
|
| Just about beat someone, with "out" |
|
|
| Trimmed, as a lawn |
|
|
| Defeated by a hair |
|
|
| Moved cautiously |
|
|
| Defeated by a hair |
|
|
| Defeated narrowly |
|
|
| Trimmed, in a way |
|
|
| Barely defeated |
|
|
| Neatened the perimeter of |
USA Today |
28 Dec 2018 |
| Defeated by one run, say |
USA Today |
23 Dec 2018 |
| Barely beat (out) |
New York Times |
18 Dec 2018 |
| Reason why batsman got out? Forced into a narrow space, lost wicket |
|
|
| Moved gradually |
Newsday |
01 Nov 2018 |
| Barely defeated |
Newsday |
30 Oct 2018 |
| Moved furtively |
USA Today |
23 Oct 2018 |
| Like razor blades |
Universal |
03 Aug 2018 |
| Nipped at the wire |
Universal |
15 Jul 2018 |
| Beat after a buzzer beater |
New York Times |
15 Jul 2018 |
| Tidied, as a lawn |
|
|
| Tidied, as a lawn |
LA Times Daily |
20 Jun 2018 |
| Guardian leader penned by journalists was slightly moving? |
|
|
| Moved slowly and guarded against loss, Cockney fashion |
The Sun Two Speed |
21 Mar 2018 |
| Bordered |
The Sun Two Speed |
21 Mar 2018 |
| Beat by a hair |
|
|
| Defeated by a hair |
Newsday |
14 Mar 2018 |
| Narrowly defeated |
|
|
| Like all swords and razors |
Universal |
03 Jan 2018 |
| Barely beat (out) |
|
|
| Like razor blades |
|
|
| Like all swords and razors |
|
|
| Nipped at the wire |
|
|
| Tidied, as a lawn |
|
|
| Neatened the perimeter of |
|
|
| Beat after a buzzer beater |
|
|
| Moved furtively |
|
|
| Defeated by one run, say |
|
|
| Bordered |
Universal |
31 Dec 2017 |
| Stole key to carry out criminal deed |
|
|
| Beat by a point, say |
|
|
| Went slowly, prevaricated; lost an hour |
|
|
| Barely beat |
|
|
| Barely beat |
LA Times Daily |
25 Jun 2017 |
| Nosed out |
USA Today |
21 Jun 2017 |
| Proceeded with caution |
Newsday |
25 Mar 2017 |
| Defeated by a whisker |
USA Today |
06 Feb 2017 |
| Neatened, as a lawn |
USA Today |
04 Feb 2017 |
| Neatened, as a lawn |
|
|
| Barely beat |
|
|
| Defeated by a whisker |
|
|
| Nosed out |
|
|
| Bordered |
|
|
| Defeated, barely |
USA Today |
29 Dec 2016 |
| Defeated by a small margin |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Dec 2016 |
| Barely beat |
Universal |
23 Nov 2016 |
| Narrowly defeated |
USA Today |
19 Sep 2016 |
| Trimmed the lawn |
|
|
| Advanced slowly |
|
|
| Made keen, but went cautiously |
The Times Cryptic |
28 Apr 2016 |
| Moved stealthily |
Universal |
27 Mar 2016 |
| Moved stealthily |
USA Today |
13 Mar 2016 |
| Move gradually sideways |
|
|
| Moved furtively |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Feb 2016 |
| Trimmed along a path, say |
|
|
| Moved slowly and didn't middle the ball |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
02 Feb 2016 |
| Trimmed along the walk |
USA Today |
03 Jan 2016 |
| Defeated, barely |
|
|
| Narrowly defeated |
|
|
| Trimmed along the walk |
|
|
| Beat by a bit |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Oct 2015 |
| Trimmed, as the lawn |
Newsday |
09 Sep 2015 |
| Provided with a border |
The Times Concise |
09 Sep 2015 |
| Slipped past |
Newsday |
01 Aug 2015 |
| Went sideways |
USA Today |
19 Apr 2015 |
| Double- sword |
Eugene Sheffer |
10 Apr 2015 |
| Whipped by a whisker |
USA Today |
26 Mar 2015 |
| Nosed (out) |
|
|
| Barely beat |
|
|
| Beat by a bit |
|
|
| Barely defeated |
|
|
| Went sideways |
|
|
| Whipped by a whisker |
|
|
| Slipped past |
|
|
| Trimmed, as the lawn |
|
|
| A pair of journos (good at heart) with the ability to cut |
|
|
| Whipped by a whisker |
|
|
| Skirted |
|
|
| Trimmed |
|
|
| Hard-___ (tough) |
|
|
| Double-__ sword |
|
|
| Beat by a whisker |
|
|
| Moved sideways |
|
|
| Barely beat, at battle of bands |
|
|
| Trimmed |
|
|
| Sharp, as a razor |
|
|
| Fringed |
|
|
| Sharp-___ |
|
|
| Beat, but barely |
|
|
| Beaten by a whisker |
|
|
| Put a border on |
|
|
| Nosed (out) |
|
|
| Barely nosed out |
|
|
| Just beat out |
|
|
| Moved cautiously |
|
|
| Sidled (along) |
|
|
| What better band did to competition |
|
|
| Advanced slowly |
|
|
| Advanced with care |
|
|
| Sidled |
|
|
| Beat by a whisker |
|
|
| Sidled |
|
|
| Just beat |
|
|
| Just beat |
|
|
| Barely beat (with "out") |
|
|
| Moved along a cliff |
|
|
| Neatened the lawn, in a way |
|
|
| Advanced cautiously |
|
|
| Just beat |
|
|
| Beat at the buzzer |
|
|
| Sarcastic |
|
|
| Did a lawn maintenance job |
|
|
| Trimmed along the walk, e.g. |
|
|
| Double-___ |
|
|
| Barely beaten |
|
|
| Rory Gallagher: "___ In Blue" |
|
|
| Advanced cautiously |
|
|
| Just beat out |
|
|
| Worked on the lawn |
|
|
| Narrowly defeated |
|
|
| Having a border |
|
|
| Skirted |
|
|
| Defeated by a whisker |
|
|
| Trimmed |
|
|
| Trimmed the lawn |
|
|
| Beat by a bit |
|
|
| Trimmed, as the outskirts of the lawn |
|
|
| Moved along a cliff |
|
|
| Beat by a bit |
|
|
| Double-___ sword |
|
|
| Moved furtively |
|
|
| Beaten (out) |
|
|
| Nosed out |
|
|
| Barely beat |
|
|
| Narrowly defeated, with "out" |
|
|
| Advanced gradually |
|
|
| Nosed (out) |
|
|
| Double-___ (risky) |
|
|
| Did some lawn work |
|
|
| Double-__ |
|
|
| Barely beat |
|
|
| Advanced slowly |
|
|
| Sharpened |
|
|
| Double-__ |
|
|
| Moved gradually |
|
|
| Formed the border of |
|
|
| Neatened the lawn |
|
|
| Moved stealthily |
|
|
| Barely beat out |
|
|
| Trimmed along the walk, e.g. |
|
|
| Went sideways |
|
|
| Beat (out) |
|
|
| Barely surpassed, with "out" |
|
|
| Moved with caution |
|
|
| Moved hesitantly |
|
|
| Barely beat |
|
|
| Beat by a nose |
|
|
| Advanced with care |
|
|
| Advanced gradually |
|
|
| Barely beat |
|
|
| Beat barely |
|
|
| Just beat |
|
|
| Used a weed whacker, perhaps |
|
|
| Trimmed along the walk |
|
|
| Won by a nose |
|
|
| Whetted |
|
|
| Beat by a whisker |
|
|
| Moved sideways |
|
|
| Nosed out |
|
|
| Narrowly defeated |
|
|
| Two- -- sword |
|
|
| Neatened the garden |
|
|
| Nosed (out) |
|
|
| Beat by one, say |
|
|
| Moved sideways |
|
|
| Sidled |
|
|
| Neatened the garden |
|
|
| Sidled |
|
|
| Formed the border of |
|
|
| Sidled |
|
|
| Cutting, as a remark |
|
|
| Double- -- sword |
|
|
| Bordered |
|
|
| Beat by a hair |
|
|
| Defeated, with "out" |
|
|
| Beat by a hair |
|
|
| Put on a border |
|
|
| Beat by a hair |
|
|
| Put on a border |
|
|
| Moved sideways |
|
|
| Advanced with care |
|
|
| Moved gingerly |
|
|
| Moved stealthily |
|
|
| Barely beat, with 'out' |
|
|
| Just beat |
|
|
| Sharp, as a razor |
|
|
| Double-___ sword |
|
|
| Advanced with care |
|
|
| Trimmed the lawn |
|
|
| Worked on lawn borders |
|
|
| Won by a whisker |
|
|
| Did a lawn job |
|
|
| Moved hesitantly |
|
|
| Tidied the lawn |
|
|
| Sharpened |
|
|
| Moved cautiously |
|
|
| Bordered |
|
|
| __ out (defeated) |
|
|
| Barely defeated |
|
|
| Moved slowly, like sharpened blades |
|
|
| Won by a nose |
|
|
| Trimmed the lawn |
|
|
| Like swords |
|
|
| Bordered |
|
|
| Trimmed the lawn |
|
|
| Whipped by a whisker |
|
|
| Barely defeated |
|
|
| Beat by a nose |
|
|
| Having a border |
|
|
| Trimmed the lawn |
|
|
| Barely beat |
|
|
| Crept |
|
|
| Nosed out |
|
|
| Bordered |
|
|
| Beat by a whisker |
|
|
| Nosed (out) |
|
|
| Moved hesitatingly |
|
|
| Sidled |
|
|
| Trimmed the lawn |
|
|
| Put on a border |
|
|
| Made a border |
|
|
| Squeaked by, in the sports pages |
|
|
| Beat by a nose |
|
|
| Nosed out |
|
|
| Won by a nose, with "out" |
|
|
| Trimmed the rim |
|
|
| Trimmed a walkway |
|
|
| Trenchant |
|
|
| Moved cautiously |
|
|
| Sidled |
|
|
| Having boundaries |
|
|
| Lined |
|
|
| Moved gradually |
|
|
| Rimmed |
|
|
| Advanced gradually |
|
|
| ___ out (defeated narrowly) |
|
|
| Moved along a cliff |
|
|
| Sharp; trenchant |
|
|
| Crept |
|
|
| Did a lawn job |
|
|
| Moved sidewise |
|
|
| Nosed out |
|
|
| Having sharpness |
|
|
| Moved slowly |
|
|
| Barely won, with "out" |
|
|
| Trimmed a lawn |
|
|
| Trimmed the rims |
|
|
| Sharp |
|
|
| Inched |
|
|
| Fringed |
|
|
| Like some tools. |
|
|
| Moved gradually. |
|
|
| Trenchant. |
|
|
| Sharpened. |
|
|
| Honed. |
|
|
| Trimmed, as with lace. |
|
|
| Made a border. |
|
|
| Served as a border to. |
|
|
| Inched. |
|
|
| Moved cautiously. |
|
|
| Sharply beveled. |
|
|
| Took the lead |
|
|
| Snuck (by) |
|
|
| Beat in a close one |
|
|
| Defeated narrowly. |
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| Razor-sharp. |
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| Moved slowly. |
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| Won narrowly, with "out." |
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| Advanced slowly. |
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| ___ out (won closely) |
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| Sidled. |
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| Cutting. |
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| Bordered. |
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| Sharp. |
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