The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word EQUALISER
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result EQUALISER
- A potential point-scorer for the team?
- Millions withdrawn from Square Mile — somehow it restores the balance
- Egalitarian's goal, maybe, removing crown from real squire in revolution
- Lie square after changing score to draw level
- What could make game lie square
- Strike causing impasse from peer is sign of hesitation
- What could make one lie square?
- One evening out?
- Leveller, English squire, a leader of liberal reforms
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The straight part
We know that "Leveller" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case leveller = equaliser.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 EQUALISER mean?
EQUALISER noun- One who makes equal; a balancer.
- A device that balances various quantities.
- A goal, run, point, etc. that equalizes the score.
- An electronic audio device for altering the frequencies of sound recordings.
- A device, such as a bar, for operating two brakes, especially a pair of hub brakes for an automobile, with equal force.
- Any device for equalizing the pull of electromagnets.
- A conductor of low resistance joining the armature ends of the series field coils of dynamos connected in parallel.
- A sliding panel to preserve the lateral stability of an aeroplane.
- A set of arguments where two or more functions have equal values; the solution set of an equation.
- A morphism whose codomain is the domain of a parallel pair of morphisms and which forms part of the limit of that parallel pair. Equivalently, a morphism which equalizes a parallel pair of morphisms in a limiting way, which is to say that any other morphism which equalizes that parallel pair factors through this limiting morphism; and moreover such factorization is unique.
- A weapon, usually a blackjack or gun