The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word MAXIM
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More clues leading to the result MAXIM
- Motto I’m going by as much as possible
- Possibly a quotation of at the most one million
- . Saying a team must keep two metres apart
- Old lady gets cross over gnome
- Byword for graduate, team’s top man
- Saw an early machine-gun
- Upper limit, this person is saying
- Saying ‘I’m the greatest’ shows priority wrong
- Large racing yacht, millions as a rule
- Saw long coat, metre
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What does MAXIM mean?
MAXIM noun- A self-evident axiom or premise; a pithy expression of a general principle or rule.
- A precept; a succinct statement or observation of a rule of conduct or moral teaching.