The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word PREFER
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result PREFER
- Quietly send favour
- Favour proportional representation, free to be developed
- Desire soft touch
- Like more piano? Relate
- Favour from a boxing judge
- Favour parking by river, free for a change
- Umpire goes inside for a favour
- Partial to quiet joint out east
- Favour for each grasping judge
- Choose first voting system always blocked by France
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What does PREFER mean?
PREFER verb- To be in the habit of choosing something rather than something else; to favor; to like better.
- To advance, promote (someone or something).
- To present or submit (something) to an authority (now usually in "to prefer charges").
- To put forward for acceptance; to introduce, recommend (to).