The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SUGARY
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result SUGARY
- Sweet retired American at port in Indiana
- Spicy ragu slowly turning a bit sweet
- The FT backing Lineker being sentimental
- A guy’s moved about romcom’s opening? It’s overly sentimental
- Sweet American back, name of Cooper
- Romantic like Baron of Clapton?
- Almost take action against man being overly sentimental
- Guys are endlessly forced to become mushy
- Like candy wrapped in dirty rag, usually from the rear
- Oddly, swung fairly sweet
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The straight part
We know that "overly sentimental" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case overly sentimental = sugary.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does SUGARY mean?
SUGARY adjective- Of food, drink, etc, containing or covered with a large amount of sugar
- Of behavior, exaggeratedly sweet and pleasant, often to the point of aversion.
- Fond of sweets.