The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word RULED
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result RULED
- Governed as certain lines may be
- Game was first subjected to laws
- Decided King’s duel to be fixed
- Lined and ordered
- Dominated with lines
- Gave judgment — regretted embracing panel’s conclusion
- Nettled, two fellows left, as ordered
- Had government regretted including Liberal?
- Regretted admitting Left governed
- Directed — in a straight line?
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What does RULED mean?
RULED verb- To regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over.
- To excel.
- To mark (paper or the like) with rules (lines).
- To decide judicially.
- To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by common practice.
- To revel.
- Having printed lines.
- (of a surface) Being a scroll; being such that through every point of S there is a straight line that lies on S.