Beam as woman employs edgy innovation (5)
I believe the answer is:
shine
'beam' is the definition.
(I know that beam can be written as shine)
'as woman employs edgy innovation' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'as' could be 'in' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'in' is found in the answer.
'woman' could be 'she' and 'she' is found in the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for shine that I've seen before include "Glimmer" , "Glint" , "Administrator for monarch who is a minor" , "Gleam, glisten" , "Lustre" .)