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Level-headed criminal concealing weapon (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

balanced

'level-headed' is the definition.

'criminal concealing weapon' is the wordplay.
'criminal' becomes 'bad'.
'concealing' is an insertion indicator.
'weapon' becomes 'lance' (lance is a kind of weapon).
'bad' placed around 'lance' is 'BALANCED'.

(Other definitions for balanced that I've seen before include "Composed - unbiased" , "Having weight equally distributed" , "In a state of equilibrium" , "Auntie is supposedly" , "Stable - poised" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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