Related Clues:

• Beginner
• Beat, but barely
• -- out (beat, barely)
• Poked
• Beat (out)
• Beat by a bit, with 'out'
• Snooped, with 'around'
• -- around (snooped)
• Got inquisitive
• Barely edged (out)
• Edged
• Barely defeated, with ''out''
• See 1 Across
• Snooped, with 'about'
• Hard-___ (tough)