At any rate (9)
I believe the answer is:
leastways
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">at any rate</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(synonyms)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for leastways that I've seen before include "If nothing else" , "at any rate" , "anyhow" , "As a minimum" , "in any event" .)