| Barely beats (out) |
LA Times Daily |
31 May 2026 |
| Border lines |
Newsday |
26 May 2026 |
| Borders of untidy sedge (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
24 May 2026 |
| Borders |
The Telegraph Quick |
14 May 2026 |
| Border lines |
Newsday |
12 May 2026 |
| Boundaries |
Commuter |
11 May 2026 |
| Upper hands |
Newsday |
25 Apr 2026 |
| Divisive brownie bits |
The Atlantic |
24 Apr 2026 |
| Trims the border of |
Universal |
10 Apr 2026 |
| A cube has 12 |
Universal |
05 Apr 2026 |
| Borders |
The Telegraph Plusword |
30 Mar 2026 |
| Advantages |
LA Times Daily |
07 Mar 2026 |
| Sides |
The Telegraph Plusword |
05 Mar 2026 |
| Borders of untidy sedge (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
17 Feb 2026 |
| Rims |
LA Times Mini |
13 Feb 2026 |
| Sides |
New York Times |
11 Feb 2026 |
| Boundaries |
Commuter |
02 Feb 2026 |
| Boundaries |
Commuter |
26 Jan 2026 |
| A cube has 12 |
USA Today |
23 Jan 2026 |
| Parts of razors |
Commuter |
10 Jan 2026 |
| Outer limits |
New York Times |
29 Dec 2025 |
| Borders |
Thomas Joseph |
26 Dec 2025 |
| Borders |
Thomas Joseph |
12 Dec 2025 |
| Puzzle pieces that might be placed first |
The Atlantic |
08 Dec 2025 |
| Brinks |
Premier Sunday |
07 Dec 2025 |
| Outer limits |
USA Today |
04 Dec 2025 |
| Easy-to-spot jigsaw pieces |
LA Times Daily |
03 Dec 2025 |
| A tetrahedron has six |
USA Today |
03 Dec 2025 |
| Boundaries |
Commuter |
18 Nov 2025 |
| Rims |
The Telegraph Mini |
17 Nov 2025 |
| Borders of untidy sedge (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
10 Nov 2025 |
| "Love your curves and all your ___" (John Legend lyric) |
USA Today |
04 Nov 2025 |
| Knives' sharp parts |
Newsday |
29 Oct 2025 |
| Rounded parts of some tables |
Universal |
20 Oct 2025 |
| Borders |
The Telegraph Plusword |
13 Oct 2025 |
| Strikes not coming off the centre of the bat |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
11 Oct 2025 |
| Borders |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
08 Oct 2025 |
| Cylinder's pair |
Universal |
21 Sep 2025 |
| Noses (out) |
Newsday |
21 Sep 2025 |
| Periphery |
Thomas Joseph |
17 Sep 2025 |
| Barely beats |
Universal |
16 Sep 2025 |
| Sidles; sides |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
09 Sep 2025 |
| Rims |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
30 Aug 2025 |
| Note the seed is to be scattered round the borders (5) |
|
|
| They might be rough or perforated |
New York Times |
18 Jul 2025 |
| Outer boundaries, as where this puzzle's theme answers are located |
New York Times |
09 Jul 2025 |
| Borders |
Premier Sunday |
06 Jul 2025 |
| Fringes, at the - |
|
|
| Verges (5) |
Mirror Classic |
22 Jun 2025 |
| Common spots to start a jigsaw puzzle |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Jun 2025 |
| Borders |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Jun 2025 |
| Defeats by the slimmest of margins |
|
|
| Borders, boundaries |
|
|
| Barely beats |
Universal |
20 May 2025 |
| A cube has 12 |
Wall Street Journal |
17 May 2025 |
| Barely beats, with "out" |
LA Times Daily |
07 May 2025 |
| Cutting sides of blades |
|
|
| Borders circumscribed by well-drilled Gestapo (5) |
|
|
| Periphery |
Thomas Joseph |
02 May 2025 |
| Rough around the ___ (unrefined) |
|
|
| Outside rims of something (5) |
|
|
| A square-based pyramid has eight what? (5) |
|
|
| Pentagon quintet |
New York Times |
22 Mar 2025 |
| Margins, ... of the page |
|
|
| Just barely defeats |
|
|
| Sedge (anag) (5) |
|
|
| Initially everyone dislikes gardeners establishing seasonal borders (5) |
The Guardian Quick Cryptic |
08 Mar 2025 |
| Moves gradually to borders (5) |
|
|
| Beats by one point, e.g. |
|
|
| Inches (towards) |
|
|
| Rims, borders |
|
|
| Verges |
Mirror Classic |
25 Feb 2025 |
| Borders |
The Telegraph Plusword |
22 Feb 2025 |
| Borders of untidy sedge (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
22 Feb 2025 |
| Parts of a jigsaw puzzle that many people work on first |
New York Times |
17 Feb 2025 |
| They're purely peripheral (5) |
|
|
| Components of some polytopes |
|
|
| Outer limits |
Premier Sunday |
16 Feb 2025 |
| Parts of furniture that might be baby-proofed |
|
|
| They're used for cutting borders |
|
|
| Used gestures at certain borders |
|
|
| Sell out of ledgeless borders (5) |
|
|
| Margins, borders |
The Times Concise |
17 Jan 2025 |
| Journalists, for example, turned up penetrating borders |
|
|
| Snicks producing boundaries (5) |
|
|
| Far reaches |
Newsday |
21 Dec 2024 |
| Moves slowly aside from such as may be frayed (5) |
|
|
| A cube has 12 |
New York Times |
17 Dec 2024 |
| Borders |
Thomas Joseph |
16 Dec 2024 |
| Hedge set around borders |
Mirror Cryptic |
07 Dec 2024 |
| Margins |
Mirror Quick |
07 Dec 2024 |
| Hedges need the top off - and sides |
|
|
| They're of marginal interest |
|
|
| Beats by one, say |
|
|
| Moves gradually in a tired gesture (5) |
|
|
| Outer borders |
Newsday |
12 Nov 2024 |
| Crimped parts of ravioli |
New York Times |
07 Nov 2024 |
| Extremities |
LA Times Daily |
26 Oct 2024 |
| Outer boundaries |
USA Today |
21 Oct 2024 |
| Moves slowly laterally and shelves fifty ahead (5) |
|
|
| Useful jigsaw pieces |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
11 Oct 2024 |
| Outer boundaries |
Newsday |
08 Oct 2024 |
| Jigsaw puzzle pieces often assembled first |
|
|
| Variable in Euler's polyhedron formula (V - E + F = 2) |
New York Times |
28 Sep 2024 |
| Sharp parts of knives |
Newsday |
25 Sep 2024 |
| They're marginal (5) |
|
|
| Pips to the line |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
17 Sep 2024 |
| Globes lack them |
|
|
| Periphery |
Thomas Joseph |
14 Sep 2024 |
| A cube has 12 of them |
New York Times Mini |
11 Sep 2024 |
| Creeps have advantages (5) |
|
|
| Gradually moves to borders (5) |
|
|
| Margins |
Mirror Quick |
07 Sep 2024 |
| Borders |
Thomas Joseph |
07 Sep 2024 |
| Hedge set around borders |
Mirror Cryptic |
07 Sep 2024 |
| Golf clubs lacking weight to give advantages (5) |
|
|
| Moves slowly to provide sides with slight advantages |
|
|
| A cube has twelve |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Jul 2024 |
| Outlines |
New York Times |
25 Jul 2024 |
| Fringes |
USA Today |
21 Jul 2024 |
| By the grace of God in court backing boundaries |
The Times Mephisto |
14 Jul 2024 |
| Borders |
The Telegraph Quick |
13 Jul 2024 |
| Borders |
The Telegraph Plusword |
11 Jul 2024 |
| Borders of untidy sedge(5) |
|
|
| Rims or borders |
|
|
| Spades put to the bottom of grassy plant borders (5) |
|
|
| Easy parts of a jigsaw puzzle |
|
|
| Often-frayed parts of papyrus |
New York Times |
23 Jun 2024 |
| Vertices + faces - 2 (for convex polyhedra) |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
21 Jun 2024 |
| A form of sedge found in borders (5) |
|
|
| Good puzzle pieces to start with |
New York Times Mini |
13 Jun 2024 |
| Borders |
Thomas Joseph |
11 Jun 2024 |
| Borders formed of sedge (5) |
|
|
| Beats by 1 point, say |
|
|
| Most ledges have rims |
|
|
| False strokes producing boundaries |
The Sun Two Speed |
02 Jun 2024 |
| Borders |
The Sun Two Speed |
02 Jun 2024 |
| A cube has twelve of them |
The Telegraph Mini |
02 Jun 2024 |
| Border lines |
Newsday |
29 May 2024 |
| Borders (5) |
The Guardian Quick |
28 May 2024 |
| Makes marginal movement sideways |
|
|
| For example, Des is sent to the borders |
|
|
| Trims garden border a bit at a time (5) |
|
|
| Periphery |
Thomas Joseph |
10 May 2024 |
| Rims |
LA Times Daily |
05 May 2024 |
| Periphery |
Thomas Joseph |
03 May 2024 |
| Outer limits |
LA Times Mini |
26 Apr 2024 |
| Trims eg a lawn's perimeter (5) |
|
|
| Borders |
Thomas Joseph |
13 Apr 2024 |
| Ed begins gesturing at the borders |
|
|
| Moves the boundaries (5) |
|
|
| Toned up (5) |
|
|
| One moves slowly sideways to the borders (5) |
|
|
| Sides and top cut off hedges |
|
|
| Margins |
Newsday |
19 Mar 2024 |
| Sledge sides have rims (5) |
|
|
| Boundaries |
USA Today |
09 Mar 2024 |
| Peripheries |
USA Today |
03 Mar 2024 |
| Moves sideways or gradually (5) |
|
|
| Pollard closely packed trees to expose borders |
The Guardian Cryptic |
28 Feb 2024 |
| The limits of approved gestures (5) |
|
|
| Moves up to see the dog drop the ball in (5) |
|
|
| They're of marginal significance (5) |
|
|
| Plays to slip, in cricket |
|
|
| Beats in a photo finish, say |
New York Times |
02 Feb 2024 |
| Barely beats |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Jan 2024 |
| A cube has twelve of these (5) |
|
|
| Ran away from exploding grenades for flanks (5) |
|
|
| "A little rough around the ___" (5) |
|
|
| Ed starts gesturing at the borders |
|
|
| Outer limits |
USA Today |
30 Nov 2023 |
| Outer limits |
New York Times |
15 Nov 2023 |
| Cube's 12 |
New York Times |
15 Oct 2023 |
| Margins |
LA Times Daily |
22 Sep 2023 |
| Borders |
Thomas Joseph |
01 Sep 2023 |
| Borders |
The Telegraph Quick |
05 Aug 2023 |
| Sword parts |
Premier Sunday |
23 Jul 2023 |
| Borders |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Jul 2023 |
| Periphery |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Jul 2023 |
| Borders |
Thomas Joseph |
29 Jun 2023 |
| A cube has twelve of them |
|
|
| Periphery |
Thomas Joseph |
17 Jun 2023 |
| Noses (out) |
LA Times Daily |
10 Jun 2023 |
| Borders |
Thomas Joseph |
05 Jun 2023 |
| Fringes |
Universal |
26 May 2023 |
| Sides, rims |
The Times Concise |
13 May 2023 |
| Outer boundaries |
New York Times |
10 May 2023 |
| Borders |
Thomas Joseph |
09 May 2023 |
| Verges |
Newsday |
20 Apr 2023 |
| They're farthest from the middle |
|
|
| Barely beats |
New York Times |
15 Apr 2023 |
| Cube's dozen |
Universal |
03 Apr 2023 |
| Rims |
USA Today |
01 Apr 2023 |
| Borders |
Universal |
29 Mar 2023 |
| Periphery |
Thomas Joseph |
25 Feb 2023 |
| Rims |
Eugene Sheffer |
14 Jan 2023 |
| Outer boundaries |
Universal |
12 Jan 2023 |
| Rough around the ___ |
USA Today |
11 Jan 2023 |
| Outer boundaries |
Newsday |
04 Jan 2023 |
| Fringes |
The Guardian Quick |
07 Dec 2022 |
| Outer limits |
Newsday |
02 Dec 2022 |
| See 31-Across |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Nov 2022 |
| 12 parts of a dodecagon |
New York Times |
08 Nov 2022 |
| Barely beats (out) |
LA Times Daily |
17 Oct 2022 |
| Outer borders |
USA Today |
14 Oct 2022 |
| Periphery |
Newsday |
06 Oct 2022 |
| Borders of tabletops |
Newsday |
04 Oct 2022 |
| Barely beats |
Universal |
28 Sep 2022 |
| Rims |
Universal |
10 Sep 2022 |
| Outskirts |
USA Today |
01 Aug 2022 |
| Borders |
Thomas Joseph |
29 Jul 2022 |
| Rims |
The Telegraph Quick |
23 Jul 2022 |
| Periphery |
Thomas Joseph |
09 Jul 2022 |
| There are 30 on an icosahedron |
New York Times |
23 Jun 2022 |
| An icosahedron has 30 |
Universal |
18 Jun 2022 |
| Periphery |
Thomas Joseph |
03 Jun 2022 |
| Cube's dozen |
|
|
| They're farthest from the middle |
|
|
| Lawns' sides |
Universal |
14 Apr 2022 |
| Perimeters |
|
|
| Jigsaw's outer pieces |
Newsday |
16 Mar 2022 |
| Jigsaw puzzle sides |
Universal |
12 Mar 2022 |
| Steals 6 seconds |
|
|
| Peripheral areas |
USA Today |
20 Feb 2022 |
| Borders |
|
|
| Rough around the ___ |
USA Today |
10 Jan 2022 |
| A cube has twelve of them |
|
|
| Beats (out) |
New York Times |
23 Dec 2021 |
| Borders |
Thomas Joseph |
13 Dec 2021 |
| Periphery |
Thomas Joseph |
04 Dec 2021 |
| Outer boundaries |
USA Today |
22 Nov 2021 |
| Outer margins |
USA Today |
18 Nov 2021 |
| Melancholy |
|
|
| Hair that might be swooped |
USA Today |
26 Oct 2021 |
| There are 24 in a cuboctahedron |
New York Times |
24 Oct 2021 |
| Jigsaw starting points |
USA Today |
11 Oct 2021 |
| Periphery |
Thomas Joseph |
08 Oct 2021 |
| Rims |
The Telegraph Quick |
05 Oct 2021 |
| Sides of fried potatoes with no starter |
|
|
| Periphery |
Thomas Joseph |
04 Sep 2021 |
| Avoids decision ruling out hard borders |
|
|
| Borders |
Thomas Joseph |
30 Aug 2021 |
| Outer boundaries |
Newsday |
30 Aug 2021 |
| They're farthest from the middle |
|
|
| Pyramids typically have eight of them |
New York Times |
24 Aug 2021 |
| Boundaries of a surface |
|
|
| Cusps |
New York Times |
14 Jul 2021 |
| Outer pieces of a jigsaw puzzle |
USA Today |
11 Jul 2021 |
| Boundaries |
USA Today |
01 Jul 2021 |
| A hexagon has six |
|
|
| Beats by a little |
Family Time |
07 Jun 2021 |
| Border lines |
Newsday |
02 Jun 2021 |
| Barely beats |
Universal |
26 May 2021 |
| Rims |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 May 2021 |
| Knives' sharp parts |
Newsday |
03 May 2021 |
| Boundaries |
USA Today |
03 May 2021 |
| Noses out |
|
|
| Noses out |
LA Times Daily |
02 May 2021 |
| Sides |
The Times Concise |
27 Apr 2021 |
| Moves cautiously |
Newsday |
11 Apr 2021 |
| Fringes |
USA Today |
10 Apr 2021 |
| Borders |
Thomas Joseph |
02 Apr 2021 |
| Knife features |
Premier Sunday |
28 Mar 2021 |
| Narrowly beats (out) |
New York Times |
07 Mar 2021 |
| Inches from hedge sparrow |
The Telegraph Toughie |
04 Mar 2021 |
| Pasek and Paul musical with the song 'Lying There' |
USA Today |
28 Feb 2021 |
| Outer limits |
|
|
| Outer limits |
Universal |
18 Feb 2021 |
| Outer limits |
|
|
| They're farthest from the middle |
|
|
| Some hair |
USA Today |
01 Jan 2021 |
| Beats by a whisker |
New York Times |
22 Dec 2020 |
| Editor, for example, turning up with small skirts |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
24 Nov 2020 |
| Spades held back in grassy plant borders |
|
|
| Periphery |
Thomas Joseph |
24 Oct 2020 |
| Cube's dozen |
|
|
| Advances slowly |
|
|
| Border bits |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Oct 2020 |
| A 45-Down has 12 |
USA Today |
13 Sep 2020 |
| Blurry area, maybe |
|
|
| Outer boundaries |
USA Today |
26 Aug 2020 |
| Trims, as rims |
Newsday |
20 Aug 2020 |
| Borderlines |
Family Time |
16 Aug 2020 |
| Things that spheres lack |
New York Times |
11 Aug 2020 |
| Outer limits |
USA Today |
04 Aug 2020 |
| Peripheral parts |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Aug 2020 |
| Borders |
The Telegraph Quick |
11 Jun 2020 |
| Sharp parts of knives |
Newsday |
09 Jun 2020 |
| Hair that might be laid |
USA Today |
07 May 2020 |
| Outer boundaries |
Universal |
22 Apr 2020 |
| Borders |
|
|
| Cube's dozen |
|
|
| Far reaches |
Newsday |
29 Feb 2020 |
| Skirts editor agrees oddly to be removed |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
31 Dec 2019 |
| Boundaries of a surface |
|
|
| Borders |
Universal |
16 Dec 2019 |
| Outer pieces of a jigsaw puzzle |
|
|
| A cube has 12 |
USA Today |
06 Dec 2019 |
| Outer limits |
The Times Concise |
08 Nov 2019 |
| Sides of fried potatoes with no starter |
|
|
| Easy-to-spot jigsaw pieces |
|
|
| Easy-to-spot jigsaw pieces |
LA Times Daily |
02 Oct 2019 |
| What the 'E' of Euler's formula V - E + F = 2 represents |
New York Times |
27 Sep 2019 |
| Ran out of grenades on the borders |
|
|
| Outer limits |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Sep 2019 |
| Moves cautiously |
USA Today |
28 Aug 2019 |
| Outer limits |
Newsday |
16 Aug 2019 |
| Jigsaw perimeter pieces |
USA Today |
24 Jul 2019 |
| Jigsaw border pieces |
USA Today |
10 Jul 2019 |
| Beats by a small margin |
New York Times |
03 Jul 2019 |
| Knives' sharp sides |
|
|
| Moves with caution |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Apr 2019 |
| Borders |
|
|
| Borders |
LA Times Daily |
21 Apr 2019 |
| Lawn-trimming targets |
LA Times Daily |
16 Apr 2019 |
| Lawn-trimming targets |
|
|
| Outer boundaries |
Newsday |
15 Apr 2019 |
| Eight things on an octagon |
New York Times |
08 Apr 2019 |
| Defeats by one point, say |
USA Today |
27 Mar 2019 |
| Periphery |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Mar 2019 |
| A cube has 12 |
|
|
| Borders |
Newsday |
26 Feb 2019 |
| Sides, of which a sphere has none |
|
|
| Barely defeats |
Newsday |
10 Feb 2019 |
| Easy-to-spot jigsaw pieces |
|
|
| Moves cautiously |
|
|
| Jigsaw perimeter pieces |
|
|
| Jigsaw border pieces |
|
|
| Outer limits |
|
|
| Periphery |
|
|
| What the "E" of Euler's formula V - E + F = 2 represents |
|
|
| Eight things on an octagon |
|
|
| Beats by a small margin |
|
|
| Moves with caution |
|
|
| Cube's dozen |
|
|
| Common start for jigsaw solvers |
|
|
| Borders |
|
|
| Defeats by one point, say |
|
|
| Lawn-trimming targets |
|
|
| Cylinder's pair |
|
|
| Periphery |
Newsday |
28 Dec 2018 |
| Nips |
New York Times |
06 Sep 2018 |
| False strokes producing boundaries |
The Sun Two Speed |
12 Aug 2018 |
| Borders |
The Sun Two Speed |
12 Aug 2018 |
| Sides, like the four of a square |
|
|
| Does lawn work |
Newsday |
26 Jul 2018 |
| Outside limits |
The Times Concise |
12 Jun 2018 |
| Borders |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Jun 2018 |
| Singed areas |
Universal |
10 Jun 2018 |
| Fringe areas |
Wall Street Journal |
04 Jun 2018 |
| A cylinder has two |
New York Times |
06 May 2018 |
| Termination lines |
Newsday |
24 Mar 2018 |
| Where surfaces of cubes meet |
USA Today |
19 Mar 2018 |
| Golf club's evicting wife? Creeps! |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
17 Mar 2018 |
| Beats barely |
Universal |
13 Mar 2018 |
| Boundaries |
|
|
| Boundaries |
LA Times Daily |
12 Mar 2018 |
| Cube's dozen |
Universal |
19 Feb 2018 |
| Brinks |
LA Times Daily |
04 Feb 2018 |
| Brinks |
|
|
| Dozen on a cube |
Universal |
29 Jan 2018 |
| Barely beats |
|
|
| Borders |
|
|
| Singed areas |
|
|
| Dozen on a cube |
|
|
| Cube's dozen |
|
|
| Fringe areas |
|
|
| Brinks |
|
|
| A cylinder has two |
|
|
| Peripheral parts |
|
|
| Nips |
|
|
| Barely defeats |
USA Today |
26 Dec 2017 |
| News chief's entertaining heads of government -- enormous creeps |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
26 Dec 2017 |
| Shelves have no large advantages |
|
|
| Barely beats |
|
|
| Barely beats |
LA Times Daily |
23 Oct 2017 |
| The 12 of a cube |
Universal |
07 Sep 2017 |
| Rims |
|
|
| Borders, rims |
|
|
| Cube's dozen |
USA Today |
28 Jul 2017 |
| Brims |
Premier Sunday |
14 May 2017 |
| Perimeters |
Thomas Joseph |
20 Apr 2017 |
| Margins |
Newsday |
16 Apr 2017 |
| Knives' sharp sides |
|
|
| Cube's dozen |
|
|
| Cube's dozen |
LA Times Daily |
30 Mar 2017 |
| Bounds |
Thomas Joseph |
04 Mar 2017 |
| Takes a trimmer to |
|
|
| Peripheries |
|
|
| Business parts of knives |
Universal |
12 Jan 2017 |
| Cube's dozen |
|
|
| Business parts of knives |
|
|
| Barely beats |
|
|
| The 12 of a cube |
|
|
| Boundaries |
|
|
| A cube has 12 |
|
|
| Cube's dozen |
|
|
| Barely defeats |
|
|
| Rims |
|
|
| Limits relaxed gestures partly |
|
|
| Neatens a lawn |
|
|
| Beats by a hair |
USA Today |
12 Dec 2016 |
| Periphery |
|
|
| Tops by a slight margin |
LA Times Daily |
26 Oct 2016 |
| The limits of a rock guitarist? |
|
|
| Does lawn work |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Oct 2016 |
| Rims |
The Telegraph Quick |
27 Sep 2016 |
| Barely beats |
USA Today |
08 Sep 2016 |
| Margins |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Sep 2016 |
| Trims, as a lawn |
LA Times Daily |
24 Aug 2016 |
| Rims |
Premier Sunday |
07 Aug 2016 |
| Paper borders |
LA Times Daily |
31 Jul 2016 |
| Cubes have twelve |
|
|
| Tidies up, as a lawn |
USA Today |
19 Apr 2016 |
| Beats without crushing |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Mar 2016 |
| Fringes |
Newsday |
21 Feb 2016 |
| Flanges |
Universal |
13 Feb 2016 |
| Skirts |
New York Times |
16 Jan 2016 |
| Beats by a nose |
USA Today |
08 Jan 2016 |
| Trims, as a lawn |
|
|
| Die's dozen |
|
|
| Flanges |
|
|
| Skirts |
|
|
| Barely beats |
|
|
| Beats by a hair |
|
|
| Beats by a nose |
|
|
| Outer limits |
|
|
| Paper borders |
|
|
| Applies rickrack to |
Universal |
22 Dec 2015 |
| Does some lawn work |
USA Today |
14 Dec 2015 |
| Barely beats |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Dec 2015 |
| Boundary lines |
USA Today |
11 Dec 2015 |
| Narrowly defeats |
Universal |
04 Nov 2015 |
| Outer margins |
LA Times Daily |
07 Sep 2015 |
| Rough around the ___ |
USA Today |
29 Jul 2015 |
| False strokes producing boundaries |
The Times Cryptic |
14 Jul 2015 |
| Barely bests |
LA Times Daily |
09 Jul 2015 |
| Peripheries |
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| Just beats |
USA Today |
16 Apr 2015 |
| Borders |
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| Singed parts, usually |
USA Today |
08 Mar 2015 |
| Slowly moves insect, top to bottom |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
10 Feb 2015 |
| Singed parts, sometimes |
Universal |
29 Jan 2015 |
| Outer limits |
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| Boundary lines |
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| Drop-off points? |
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| Applies rickrack to |
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| Narrowly defeats |
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| Singed parts, sometimes |
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| Cubic dozen |
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| Barely beats, with "out" |
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| Outer margins |
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| Peripheral portions |
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| Barely bests |
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| Barely beats |
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| Slight advantages |
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| Singed parts, usually |
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| Rough around the ___ |
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| Just beats |
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| Does some lawn work |
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| Outer boundaries |
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| They may be rough |
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| Trims, as bushes |
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| Periphery |
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| Fringes |
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| Far reaches |
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| Boundaries |
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| Ax parts |
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| Meredith Brooks "Blurring the ___" |
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| Morrissey "The ___ Are No Longer Parallel" |
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| A sphere lacks them |
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| Parts of towns where Springsteen finds "Darkness"? |
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| Jigsaw puzzle starters |
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| Applies rickrack to |
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| Beats by a nose (with "out") |
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| Rims |
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| Knives' sharp sides |
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| Egyptian pyramid's eight |
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| A cube has 12 of them |
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| Perimeter formers |
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| Advantages |
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| Barely beats |
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| Border lines |
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| Defeats by a whisker |
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| Just nips |
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| Suspenseful parts of the seats |
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| Cubes have 12, spheres none |
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| Some rockers have rough ones |
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| Where Springsteen finds "Darkness"? |
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| Just squeaks by |
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| Creeps |
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| Knives' sharp parts |
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| Advantages |
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| Perimeters |
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| Rims |
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| Where faces meet |
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| See 32-Down |
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| Noses |
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| Advantages |
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| East End garden boundaries? |
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| Precarious positions |
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| Does some lawn work |
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| Does some yard work |
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| Beats by a nose |
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| Cutting sides |
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| Does lawn work |
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| Does some lawn work |
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| Borders |
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| Peripheries |
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| Boundaries |
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| Barely wins |
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| Some swords have two |
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| Where planes meet |
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| Where ice skates meet the ice |
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| Neatens, as a lawn |
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| Slight advantages |
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| Fringe areas |
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| Barely beats |
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| Geometrical borders |
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| Cubes have a dozen |
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| Beats by a nose |
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| Ball's lack |
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| Parts causing paper cuts, say |
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| Jigsaw puzzle pieces with straight sides |
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| Borders |
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| Narrowly defeats |
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| They may be filed |
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| Noses out |
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| Lips |
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| Borders |
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| Beats by a nose |
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| Fringe areas |
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| Nips |
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| Slight advantages |
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| Trims the lawn |
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| They may be rough |
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| Cube dozen |
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| Outer limits |
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| Competitive advantages |
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| Barely beats |
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| A hexagon has six of them |
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| Beats 1-0, say |
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| Nips |
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| Beats, but barely |
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| Beats 1-0, say |
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| Moves with caution |
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| Rims |
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| Barely defeats |
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| Advantages |
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| Adds fringe |
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| Finishes, as a lawn |
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| Just beats (with "out") |
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| Perimeter parts |
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| Boundaries |
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| Borders of tables |
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| Pieces jigsaw puzzlers usually start with |
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| Finishes, as a lawn |
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| Noses out |
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| Sphere's lack |
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| Rims |
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| Noses (out) |
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| Pieces jigsaw puzzlers usually start with |
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| Beats by a nose, with "out" |
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| Beats by a little |
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| Blades' sharp sides |
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| Outer limits |
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| Outer reaches |
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| Fringes |
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| Sharp sides |
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| They may be filed |
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| Blades' sharp sides |
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| Beats by a little |
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| Borders |
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| Advantages |
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| Moves stealthily |
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| Verges |
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| Border lines |
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| A cube has twelve |
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| Peripheries |
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| Does lawn work |
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| Sword parts |
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| Beats (out) |
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| Does lawn work |
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| Trims |
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| The outer limits |
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| Advances gradually |
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| A pyramid has six |
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| Competitive advantages |
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| Singed parts, usually |
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| Narrowly defeats |
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| Squeezes (past) |
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| 12 on a cube |
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| Just beats |
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| Some swords have two |
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| Tidies up the lawn |
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| Advances gradually |
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| Margins |
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| Sharpens |
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| Beats by a bit |
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| Margins |
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| Beats by a bit |
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| Rims |
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| Trims |
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| Squeezes (past) |
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| They're cutting, sometimes |
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| Moves crabwise |
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| Peripheries |
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| Boundaries |
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| Advantages |
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| Outer limits |
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| Cutting parts |
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| A sphere lacks them |
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| Barely beats |
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| Borders |
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| Sidles |
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| Margins of superiority |
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| Cube's dozen |
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| Just beats |
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| Die's 12 |
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| Moves with caution |
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| Rough around the ___ |
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| Barely wins, with "out" |
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| Advances slowly |
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| Puts a hem on |
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| Cube's dozen |
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| A cube has twelve |
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| Fringes |
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| The E of Euler's formula V + F - E = 2 |
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| Advantages |
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| Finishes the lawn |
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| They may be rough |
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| Margins |
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| Brims |
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| Moves sideways |
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| Rims |
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| Just beats |
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| Frontiers |
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| A cube has twelve |
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| Boundaries |
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| Dagger's pair |
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| Tidies up, in a way |
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| Spots for frays |
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| Borders |
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| Head starts |
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| Just beats |
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| Just beats |
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| Borders |
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| Competitive advantages |
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| Just beats, with "out" |
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| A dodecahedron has 30 |
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| Beats by a nose, with "out" |
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| Perimeters |
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| With 31-Across, barely beats |
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| With 31-Across, barely beats |
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| Adds lace |
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| Lips |
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| Perimeter |
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| Sharp sides |
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| Skirts |
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| Finishes the lawn |
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| Does some lawn work |
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| Perimeters |
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| Borders |
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| Tidies up the lawn |
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| Rims |
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| Noses (out) |
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| Noses out |
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| Neatens, as flowerbeds |
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| Upper hands |
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| Paper cut causes |
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| A cube has 12 |
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| They can be rough |
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| Competitive advantages |
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| Wins by a nose |
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| Cube's twelve |
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| Rims |
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| Borders |
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| Adds fringe |
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| Beats by a nose |
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| Cutting sides |
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| Certainly doesn't win in a landslide |
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| Lips |
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| Perimeters |
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| Advantages |
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| They may need smoothing |
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| Moves cautiously |
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| Slight advantages |
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| Cubes have twelve |
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| Periphery |
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| Extremities |
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| Extremities |
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| Wins by 537 votes, say |
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| Neatens, as a lawn |
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| Beats by a hair |
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| Applies rickrack to |
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| Noses out |
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| Advances bit by bit |
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| They may be filed |
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| Trims the lawn |
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| Noses (out) |
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| Moves with caution |
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| Sharp borders |
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| Perimeters |
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| Rims |
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| Noses (out) |
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| Beats by a hair |
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| Noses |
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| Narrow surfaces |
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| Singed parts, usually |
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| They're cutting, sometimes |
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| Sideslips |
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| Rims |
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| Does some lawn work |
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| Beats by a hair |
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| Strops |
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| Fringes |
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| Outlines |
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| Moves cautiously |
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| Bounds |
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| Advantages |
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| Perimeters |
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| Brinks |
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| Flanges |
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| Limits |
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| Moves gradually |
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| Beats narrowly |
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| Sidles |
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| Margins |
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| Moves sideways |
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| Trims rims |
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| Selvages |
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| Does a lawn job |
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| Puts fringes on |
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| Plain and deckle |
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| Sharpens |
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| Moves slowly |
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| Creeps slowly |
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| Fringes. |
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| Moves, in a way. |
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| Outer parts. |
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| Perimeters. |
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| Skating strokes. |
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| Borders. |
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| Creeps (up on). |
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| Inches. |
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| Selvages. |
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| Draws closer gradually. |
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| Moves little by little. |
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| Extremities. |
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| Razor-blade features |
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| Moves gradually. |
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| Moves slowly. |
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| Moves cautiously. |
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| Moves along gradually. |
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| Wins narrowly. |
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| Sidles. |
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| Papercut cutters |
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| Moves by degrees. |
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| Advances gradually. |
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| Periphery. |
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| Cutting sides. |
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| They may be rough and may need smoothing |
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| Some jigsaw pieces |
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| An octahedron has twelve |
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| Wins by a close score |
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| Easy bits of a jigsaw puzzle |
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| Sharpens. |
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| Rims. |
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| Margins. |
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| Outskirts. |
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| Sharp sides. |
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| Brinks. |
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