Cryptic crossword clue
Made regular deals with minor criminal 10

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

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The straight part
We know that "Made regular" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case made regular = normalised.
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What does NORMALISED mean?

NORMALISED verb
  1. To make normal, to make standard.
  2. To format in a standardized manner, to make consistent.
  3. To reduce to variations by excluding irrelevant aspects.
  4. To return a set of points (switches) to the normal position.
  5. (of points) To return to the normal position from the reverse position.
  6. To subject to normalization; to eliminate redundancy in (a model for storing data).
  7. To divide a vector by its magnitude to produce a unit vector.

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