The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word MEASURED
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result MEASURED
- Considered certain to get in alcohol
- Considered taking a certain duke after me
- Yours truly when terribly rude must be restrained
- Alcoholic drink by all means to be ingested, not extreme
- See a drum beaten with show of restraint
- Certain to tuck into boozy drink? Steady!
- Certain to tuck into alcoholic drink, but restrained
- Made sure rough is restrained
- Considered Matilda as terribly rude
- Certainly into hydromel, but restrained
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What does MEASURED mean?
MEASURED verb- To ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard.
- To be of (a certain size), to have (a certain measurement)
- To estimate the unit size of something.
- To judge, value, or appraise.
- To obtain or set apart; to mark in even increments.
- To traverse, cross, pass along; to travel over.
- To adjust by a rule or standard.
- To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; often with out or off.
- That has been determined by measurement.
- Deliberate but restrained.
- (of poetry etc.) Rhythmically written in meter; metrical.