The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word CONTROLLED
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More clues leading to the result CONTROLLED
- Man eating cake with prisoner restrained
- Supervised prisoner was offensive online
- Supervised jailbird was offensive online
- Repressed Tory provoked online controversy
- Restrained Tory was abusive on line
- Jailbird was a pest online, under supervision
- Supervised prisoner went fishing
- Criminal given grief online is restrained
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The straight part
We know that "Supervised" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case supervised = controlled.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does CONTROLLED mean?
CONTROLLED verb- To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
- (construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or more variables are reduced or eliminated.
- Inhibited or restrained in one's words and actions.
- Resulting from a comparison with control samples.
- (in combination) Under the control of the specified entity.