Cryptic crossword clue
Give up introducing complex rating scale 10

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word CENTIGRADE

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We know that "scale" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case scale = centigrade.
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What does CENTIGRADE mean?

CENTIGRADE noun
  1. A centigrade temperature scale having the freezing point of water defined as 0° and its boiling point defined as 100° at standard atmospheric pressure. Known as the Celsius scale since 1948.
  2. A single degree on this scale.
  3. A unit of angle equal to the hundredth part of a quadrant. Its symbol is gon.
CENTIGRADE adjective
  1. (of a scale) Having 100 divisions between two fixed points.
  2. Celsius (since 1948).

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