Here are the possible solutions for whipped by a whisker clue
Answer
Clue
Relevancy
edged
Clue
Whipped by a whisker
Definition
EDGE, to furnish with a border
devo
Clue
They whipped it, whipped it good
Definition
(short for) devolution, as in devo max, an arrangement in which a central government transfers the maximum amount of authority to a regional government while still retaining sovereignty over it