The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ALLOW
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More clues leading to the result ALLOW
- Permit inexperienced leader to drop out
- Let everyone down at the centre
- Permit needed for rearing two llamas
- Tolerate fat? Not initially
- Let everyone down, ignoring outsiders
- Leaving south-west, migratory bird’s okay
- Permit resting fellow to leave
- Acknowledge everyone without rising
- Permit to be without depth and quiet?
- Down under a student grant
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What does ALLOW mean?
ALLOW verb- To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have.
- To acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion.
- To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; especially to abate or deduct.
- To grant license to; to permit; to consent to.
- To not bar or obstruct.
- To acknowledge or concede.
- To take into account by making an allowance.
- To render physically possible.
- To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.
- To sanction; to invest; to entrust.
- To like; to be suited or pleased with.