It can give you an edge

The answer

STROP

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the STROP answer page.

Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for STROP

Every other clue in this collection answered by STROP, most used first.

• Razor sharpener - used 118 times, most recently in 2026
• Sharpen. - used 26 times, most recently in 2009
• Barber's sharpener - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Barbershop band - used 20 times, most recently in 2018
• Barber chair attachment - used 17 times, most recently in 2022
• Hone - used 12 times, most recently in 2002
• Sharpener - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Sharpen a razor - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
• Barber's gear - used 8 times, most recently in 1982
• Barber's need - used 8 times, most recently in 2004
• Barber's aid - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Barbershop accessory - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Sharpening tool - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Barber's belt - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Barber's razor sharpener - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Barbershop sharpener - used 6 times, most recently in 2022

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Give a speech - ORATE, used 197 times
• On edge - TENSE, used 158 times
• "Give it ___!" - AREST, used 94 times
• "As You Like It" forest - ARDEN, used 79 times
• Give an address - ORATE, used 75 times
• Give the slip to - ELUDE, used 75 times

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