The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word PLACATE
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More clues leading to the result PLACATE
- Calm American caught in site of scuttling?
- A time in location that’s calm
- Calm spot to hold a tango
- A host at last in position to calm down
- Calm at opening position
- Win over Palace? Fudging about time!
- Lap dancing, familiar actress shows humour
- A French psychoanalyst almost getting model introduced to exercises to calm down
- Humour, vacuous amusement in setting
- A superintendent finally in position to calm down
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What does PLACATE mean?
PLACATE verb- To calm; to bring peace to; to influence someone who was furious to the point that they become content or at least no longer irate.