The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word GAVEL which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2010.
Order-restoring tool crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters | 
|---|---|---|
| GAVEL | 100 % | 5 | 
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Order-restoring tool
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- gavel
 - repair
 - retouch
 - reclamation
 - reset
 - taxis
 - analeptic
 - decoherer
 - decompression
 - recanalization
 - reinking
 - tapper
 
Crossword Answer definitions
GAVEL noun- Rent.
 - Usury; interest on money.
 - An old Saxon and Welsh form of tenure by which an estate passed, on the holder's death, to all the sons equally.
 
- To divide or distribute according to the gavel system.
 
- A wooden mallet, used by a courtroom judge, or by a committee chairman, struck against a sounding block to quieten those present, or by an auctioneer to accept the highest bid at auction.
 - (metonymically) The legal system as a whole.
 - A mason's setting maul.
 
- To use a gavel.
 
- A small heap of grain, not tied up into a bundle.
 
- A gable.
 
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