The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word NUCLEAR
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More clues leading to the result NUCLEAR
- Having powerful weapons, some Israel cunningly concealed in turn
- Kind of family that’s equivocal, putting university back
- Upset world body getting rid of centre
- Uncle out on a run — that's some sort of energy!
- New moves in confusing kind of war
- Greek character given plain description of close family unit
- Form of power using uranium introduced by new patent
- Can rule out sort of energy
- Announce new king, accepting Charles I as a kind of power
- Kind of family with funny uncle caught abandoning car
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The straight part
We know that "of centre" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case of centre = nuclear.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does NUCLEAR mean?
NUCLEAR noun- Nuclear power
- Pertaining to the nucleus of an atom.
- Involving energy released by nuclear reactions (fission, fusion, radioactive decay).
- Relating to a weapon that derives its force from rapid release of energy through nuclear reactions.
- (by extension, metaphoric, of a solution or response) Involving an extreme course of action.
- Pertaining to the nucleus of a cell.
- Pertaining to a centre around which something is developed or organised; central, pivotal.