The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word TANTAMOUNT
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More clues leading to the result TANTAMOUNT
- Brown horse fed regular helpings of straw or equivalent
- Equivalent to whip that’s regularly used on horse
- Silly man, to get taken in by tease or equivalent
- It’s more or less important a mountaineer carries it
- The same as having to flog endless rubbish to get on
- The same as blood group found in mutant ant? Not exactly
- Equivalent shift’s ultimate worker gets a rise
- Equal number beat time beforehand
- Equal beat at climbing tor
- Not a mutant alien, or equivalent
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The straight part
We know that "it’s more or less" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case it’s more or less = tantamount.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does TANTAMOUNT mean?
TANTAMOUNT noun- Something which has the same value or amount (as something else). (attributive use passing into adjective, below)
- To amount to as much; to be equivalent.
- Equivalent in meaning or effect; amounting to the same thing in practical terms, even if being technically distinct.