Handed down a decision
The crossword clue "Handed down a decision" is answered by RULED, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
RULED
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RULED answer page.
Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for RULED
Every other clue in this collection answered by RULED, most used first.
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