The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word GAUGE
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More clues leading to the result GAUGE
- . University dons joke before English test
- Announced fruit’s value
- Basic food brought back to protect gold standard
- Judge silverback ’umongous?
- Judge with gold piercing backed product of Fabergé
- Assess fruit across Ukraine’s capital
- Assess valley containing one gold, not another?
- Extent of girl's dreadful ague
- The measure of a track, for one
- Urge to return and adopt gold standard, say
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The straight part
We know that "value" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case value = gauge.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does GAUGE mean?
GAUGE noun- A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard
- An act of measuring.
- An estimate.
- Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the level, state, dimensions or forms of things
- A thickness of sheet metal or wire designated by any of several numbering schemes.
- The distance between the rails of a railway.
- A semi-norm; a function that assigns a non-negative size to all vectors in a vector space.
- The number of stitches per inch, centimetre, or other unit of distance.
- Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind.
- The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.
- (plastering) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to make it set more quickly.
- That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of such shingles, slates, or tiles.
- A unit of measurement which describes how many spheres of bore diameter of a shotgun can be had from one pound of lead; 12 gauge is roughly equivalent to .75 caliber.
- (by extension) A shotgun (synecdoche for 12 gauge shotgun, the most common chambering for combat and hunting shotguns).
- A tunnel-like ear piercing consisting of a hollow ring embedded in the lobe.
- To measure or determine with a gauge; to measure the capacity of.
- To estimate.
- To appraise the character or ability of; to judge of.
- To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it.
- To mix (a quantity of ordinary plaster) with a quantity of plaster of Paris.
- To chip, hew or polish (stones, bricks, etc) to a standard size and/or shape.