Beats by a whisker Crossword Clue

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EDGESOUT

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

WHISKER (noun)
1. a very small distance or space
2. a long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat
WHISKER (verb)
1. furnish with whiskers
BEATS (noun)
1. a United States youth subculture of the 1950s; rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress; for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism; favored modern forms of jazz (e.g., bebop)

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EDGESOUT
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