The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word ATONED
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More clues leading to the result ATONED
- Made up for deficiencies, perhaps, of sound in commercial
- Reconciled in agreement with daughter
- A fashion editor getting us made up
- It’s paid for in agreement with daughter
- Abet. Be expelled. Having done wrong, repented
- Part of what one does is made up
- Adult, muscular, gave satisfaction
- Made up for having date wrong on the inside
- Made up commercial about fashion event opener
- Made up where mountains might be found round here?
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The straight part
We know that "Reconciled" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case reconciled = atoned.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does ATONED mean?
ATONED verb- To make reparation, compensation, amends or satisfaction for an offence, crime, mistake or deficiency.
- To bring at one or at concordance; to reconcile; to suffer appeasement.
- To agree or accord; to be in accordance or harmony.
- To unite in making.
- To absolve (someone else) of wrongdoing, especially by standing as an equivalent.