The Clue
Referee (7 letter answer)
The Answer
MEDIATE
Tags
Notes
The answer MEDIATE is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 850 puzzles.
Related Clues
Interpose
Reconcile
Settle
Umpire
Act as an agent
Conduct arbitration
Help settle
Make peace
Reconcile differences
Settle disputes
Settle, in a way
Do some work between parties
Definition
MEDIATE as a verb:
1. (intercede, mediate, intermediate, liaise, arbitrate) = act between parties with a view to reconciling differences; "He interceded in the family dispute"; "He mediated a settlement"
2. occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others; "mediate between the old and the new"
MEDIATE as an adjective:
1. acting through or dependent on an intervening agency; "the disease spread by mediate as well as direct contact"
2. (in-between, mediate, middle) = being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series; "adolescence is an awkward in-between age"; "in a mediate position"; "the middle point on a line"