Conquers (9)
I believe the answer is:
overcomes
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">conquers</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">('overcome' can be a synonym of 'conquer')</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for overcomes that I've seen before include "Wins victory against, defeats" , "Gets the better of, opponent or problem" .)