Rake produces neater edge perhaps (10)
I believe the answer is:
degenerate
'rake' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'neater edge perhaps' is the wordplay.
'perhaps' indicates anagramming the letters.
'neater'+'edge'='neateredge'
'neateredge' anagrammed gives 'DEGENERATE'.
'produces' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for degenerate that I've seen before include "Dissolute" , "Reprobate" , "Rogue" , "Debauched" , "Mean" .)