The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 plus 5 letter word BALANCE SHEET
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More clues leading to the result BALANCE SHEET
- Chance taken to confiscate a weapon, she makes statement
- Accounts supported by these sliding scales
- Even up some rigging of books
- Weapon held by party reversing support for financial statement
- The bean scale, to put it another way?
- Surplus with these revised accounts
- Adjustable scale over cover in financial summary
- He sent a cable setting out financial position
- Stability shown by these, surprisingly, in financial document
- Film on scale that makes a statement
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "financial statement" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case financial statement = balance sheet.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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