Cryptic crossword clue
Academic head maintains setter’s lower status 6

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word DEMEAN

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What does DEMEAN mean?

DEMEAN verb
  1. To debase; to lower; to degrade.
  2. To humble, humble oneself; to humiliate.
  3. To mortify.
DEMEAN noun
  1. Management; treatment.
  2. Behavior; conduct; bearing; demeanor.
DEMEAN verb
  1. To manage; to conduct; to treat.
  2. (now rare) To conduct; to behave; to comport; followed by the reflexive pronoun.
DEMEAN noun
  1. Demesne.
  2. Resources; means.
DEMEAN verb
  1. To subtract the mean from (a value, or every observation in a dataset).

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