The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word AXIAL
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More clues leading to the result AXIAL
- Side motorists adopt left of imaginary line
- Forming a line, team advanced to block Arsenal’s wingers
- A line set under a team’s type of rotation
- Central characters, taxi almost runs over
- One by one, receives two introductions to algebra, involving X/Y
- . Leaders of All Asian League allow Chinese leader, taking the middle path
- Forming an axis with a team and a learner
- A team backed by almost every one — like X, Y and Z, say
- Around a line of rotation, side has around 2 angstrom length
- Mostly everyone follows a team along the centre
Buddy explains!

The straight part
We know that "Central" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case central = axial.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does AXIAL mean?
AXIAL noun- A flight feather that appears between the primaries and secondaries on some birds.
- A plane parallel to the surface of a tooth.
- Relating to, resembling, or situated on an axis
- Belonging to the axis of the body, or to the axis of any appendage or organ
- In the same direction as the axis, parallel to the axis.