It requires a delicate balance Crossword Clue

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DELICATE (adjective)
1. difficult to handle; requiring great tact
2. easily broken or damaged or destroyed
BALANCE (noun)
1. a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat
2. (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
BALANCE (verb)
1. hold or carry in equilibrium
2. bring into balance or equilibrium

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