| Leveled | New York Times | 12 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Leveled (out) | LA Times Daily | 03 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Made level | Eugene Sheffer | 27 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Tied up | New York Times | 14 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | The day before Kelly made it level (6) | Puzzler Cryptic | 20 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Equalised |  |  | 
          
            | Made level | Eugene Sheffer | 28 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Made smooth, equalled (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Smoothed (out) | Newsday | 27 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Smoothed (out) | LA Times Daily | 20 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Balanced, as scales |  |  | 
          
            | Flattened by Cain's mother and bushranger Kelly (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Tied the score with a regular fellow |  |  | 
          
            | It was all smoothed over when the First Lady met the bushranger |  |  | 
          
            | ___ the score (knotted things up) |  |  | 
          
            | Smoothed out | New York Times | 31 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Adam's wife meets Kelly and it's all straightened out |  |  | 
          
            | Still! Ed made it level |  |  | 
          
            | Balanced | New York Times | 23 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | It all levelled out in seven editions |  |  | 
          
            | Smoothed out the day before coming to a bad end (6) |  |  | 
          
            | The day before Kelly made it level (6) | Puzzler Cryptic | 23 May 2024 | 
          
            | Made flat | Thomas Joseph | 10 May 2024 | 
          
            | Balanced up (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Levelled things up between a couple (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Got flat advertised in the Kesteven edition (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Made equal odds when it came to ironing (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Levelled (score) |  |  | 
          
            | Made level | New York Times | 26 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Made level or straight |  |  | 
          
            | Adam's wife and Kelly soon smoothed things out (6) |  |  | 
          
            | Smoothed over for a couple |  |  | 
          
            | Smoothed out | Commuter | 09 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Made equal, like a score | USA Today | 14 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Made flat | Thomas Joseph | 20 Sep 2023 | 
          
            | Made fair | New York Times | 31 Mar 2023 | 
          
            | Made square | Universal | 15 Feb 2023 | 
          
            | Smoothed | The Telegraph Quick | 22 Dec 2022 | 
          
            | Made level | USA Today | 30 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | Made level | Thomas Joseph | 08 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | Used a shim | Wall Street Journal | 06 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Made flat | Thomas Joseph | 29 Jun 2022 | 
          
            | Smoothed (out) | Universal | 12 Apr 2022 | 
          
            | Made level | Thomas Joseph | 06 Apr 2022 | 
          
            | Made more fair | Newsday | 03 Apr 2022 | 
          
            | Made flat | Thomas Joseph | 05 Mar 2022 | 
          
            | Made flush | Premier Sunday | 23 Jan 2022 | 
          
            | Made level | USA Today | 21 Dec 2021 | 
          
            | Tied up, as the score | Universal | 26 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Made level | Thomas Joseph | 20 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Made uniform | New York Times | 25 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | Made flat | Thomas Joseph | 06 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | Flattened garden ever rising, to some extent |  |  | 
          
            | Tied, as a score | LA Times Daily | 06 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Tied, as a score | The Washington Post | 06 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Made square | New York Times | 21 Feb 2021 | 
          
            | Levelled | The Telegraph Quick | 18 Feb 2021 | 
          
            | Made level | USA Today | 22 Aug 2020 | 
          
            | Made flat | Thomas Joseph | 01 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | Made level | The New Yorker | 20 Apr 2020 | 
          
            | Smoothed (out) | Premier Sunday | 02 Feb 2020 | 
          
            | Smoothed | Wall Street Journal | 28 Aug 2019 | 
          
            | Moved, as a plane | Newsday | 29 Jun 2019 | 
          
            | Smoothed | LA Times Daily | 26 Mar 2019 | 
          
            | Smoothed | The Washington Post | 26 Mar 2019 | 
          
            | Tied | The Washington Post | 25 Jan 2019 | 
          
            | Tied | LA Times Daily | 25 Jan 2019 | 
          
            | Smoothed |  |  | 
          
            | Smoothed |  |  | 
          
            | Tied |  |  | 
          
            | Brought into balance | USA Today | 08 Jun 2018 | 
          
            | Levelled (out) | The Sun Two Speed | 25 Feb 2018 | 
          
            | The day before Kelly made it level | The Sun Two Speed | 25 Feb 2018 | 
          
            | Made level |  |  | 
          
            | Brought into balance |  |  | 
          
            | Made level | Premier Sunday | 24 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | Equalized | The Washington Post Sunday | 12 Nov 2017 | 
          
            | Made level | Eugene Sheffer | 30 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Made smooth or uniform | Universal | 09 Jun 2017 | 
          
            | Made equal | USA Today | 10 Mar 2017 | 
          
            | Made smooth or uniform |  |  | 
          
            | Made equal |  |  | 
          
            | Made level | Thomas Joseph | 21 Dec 2016 | 
          
            | Made regular eleven edgier to some extent |  |  | 
          
            | Tied up | Wall Street Journal | 19 Dec 2015 | 
          
            | Made square | Universal | 29 Sep 2015 | 
          
            | To some extent, westbound trade never reached level terms |  |  | 
          
            | Made fairer, as sides | USA Today | 06 Jul 2015 | 
          
            | Made uniform | Universal | 20 Jun 2015 | 
          
            | Made square |  |  | 
          
            | Tied up |  |  | 
          
            | Made uniform |  |  | 
          
            | Made fairer, as sides |  |  | 
          
            | Leveled |  |  | 
          
            | Sanded down |  |  | 
          
            | Reached equilibrium, with "out" |  |  | 
          
            | Used a plane on |  |  | 
          
            | Smoothed out |  |  | 
          
            | Made level |  |  | 
          
            | Squared up |  |  | 
          
            | Made level |  |  | 
          
            | Tied, as the score |  |  | 
          
            | Made uniform |  |  | 
          
            | Tied, as a score |  |  | 
          
            | Made level |  |  | 
          
            | Leveled |  |  | 
          
            | Ran sandpaper over |  |  | 
          
            | Made level |  |  | 
          
            | Made square |  |  | 
          
            | Made square |  |  | 
          
            | Sanded, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Made level |  |  | 
          
            | Tied |  |  | 
          
            | Trimmed to match |  |  | 
          
            | Leveled |  |  | 
          
            | Made level |  |  | 
          
            | Made level |  |  | 
          
            | Leveled |  |  | 
          
            | Leveled |  |  | 
          
            | Made level |  |  | 
          
            | Stabilized |  |  | 
          
            | Smoothed out |  |  | 
          
            | Made level |  |  | 
          
            | Put in alignment |  |  | 
          
            | Made smooth |  |  | 
          
            | Ran sandpaper over |  |  | 
          
            | Smoothed |  |  | 
          
            | Made smooth |  |  | 
          
            | Tied up the score |  |  | 
          
            | Squared up |  |  | 
          
            | Made square |  |  | 
          
            | Made flush |  |  | 
          
            | Smoothed out |  |  | 
          
            | Flush, now |  |  | 
          
            | Balanced |  |  | 
          
            | Balanced |  |  | 
          
            | Made smooth (with "out") |  |  | 
          
            | Level |  |  | 
          
            | ___ the score (got revenge) |  |  | 
          
            | Leveled |  |  | 
          
            | Made smooth |  |  | 
          
            | Leveled off |  |  | 
          
            | ___ out: flattened |  |  | 
          
            | Smoothed (out) |  |  | 
          
            | Stabilized |  |  | 
          
            | Balanced |  |  | 
          
            | Squared |  |  | 
          
            | Leveled |  |  | 
          
            | Tied (up) |  |  | 
          
            | Smoothed out |  |  | 
          
            | Rounded off |  |  | 
          
            | Tied up |  |  | 
          
            | Knotted |  |  | 
          
            | Ironed |  |  | 
          
            | Made uniform |  |  | 
          
            | Smoothed |  |  | 
          
            | Made fairer, as sides |  |  | 
          
            | Tied up |  |  | 
          
            | Knotted  in sports |  |  | 
          
            | Sanded |  |  | 
          
            | Used a plane |  |  | 
          
            | Tied |  |  | 
          
            | Aligned |  |  | 
          
            | Justified, as margins |  |  | 
          
            | Equalized |  |  | 
          
            | Brought into balance |  |  | 
          
            | Trimmed to match |  |  | 
          
            | Tied the score |  |  | 
          
            | Made equal |  |  | 
          
            | Settled accounts |  |  | 
          
            | Balanced |  |  | 
          
            | Made smooth |  |  | 
          
            | Leveled off |  |  | 
          
            | Symmetrized |  |  | 
          
            | Made uniform. |  |  | 
          
            | Tied, as a score. |  |  | 
          
            | Equal. |  |  | 
          
            | Equaled. |  |  | 
          
            | Leveled. |  |  | 
          
            | Made level. |  |  | 
          
            | Leveled off |  |  | 
          
            | Leveled off. |  |  | 
          
            | Made smooth. |  |  | 
          
            | Made equal. |  |  | 
          
            | Smoothed. |  |  | 
          
            | Equalized. |  |  | 
          
            | Laid smooth. |  |  | 
          
            | Smoothed out. |  |  | 
          
            | Placed in perfect balance. |  |  |