The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word LEVEL
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More clues leading to the result LEVEL
- The French versus the Spanish, with neither side leading?
- Uniform that’s reversible?
- Well-balanced whichever way you look at it
- Disinclined to use a palindrome?
- Uniform, either way you look at it
- After 29, went sober
- Come clean, either way
- The French versus the Spanish: well balanced
- Up or down it is neither
- Storey that’s reached from above or below?
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What does LEVEL mean?
LEVEL noun- A tool for finding whether a surface is level, or for creating a horizontal or vertical line of reference.
- A distance relative to a given reference elevation.
- Degree or amount.
- Achievement or qualification.
- Distance from the root node of a tree structure.
- One of several discrete segments of a game, generally increasing in difficulty and representing different locations in the game world.
- A numeric value that quantifies a character's experience and power.
- A floor of a multi-storey building.
- An area of almost perfectly flat land.
- A school grade or year.
- To adjust so as to make as flat or perpendicular to the ground as possible.
- To destroy by reducing to ground level; to raze.
- To progress to the next level.
- To aim or direct (a weapon, a stare, an accusation, etc).
- To direct or impose (a penalty, fine, etc) at or upon (someone).
- To make the score of a game equal.
- To bring to a common level or plane, in respect of rank, condition, character, privilege, etc.
- To adjust or adapt to a certain level.
- (usually with "with") To speak honestly and openly with.
- The same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground.
- At the same height as some reference; constructed as level with.
- Unvaried in frequency.
- Unvaried in volume.
- Calm.
- In the same position or rank.
- Straightforward; direct; clear.
- Well balanced; even; just; steady; impartial.
- Of even tone; without rising or falling inflection; monotonic.
- Perpendicular to a gravitational force.