The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word TWEE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result TWEE
- Precious box, say, Republican set aside for wife
- Excessively sentimental message shortened
- Insipidly sweet short message broken off
- Pretentiously sentimental? Time to go!
- Affectedly dainty sound made by small bird, mostly
- Pretty detailed message?
- Affected material finally cut
- Famous model, tiny and rather too cute
- Primarily treacly, tiny, over-pretty
- Rather too pretty cut flower
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The straight part
We know that "Affected" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case affected = twee.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 TWEE mean?
TWEE adjective- Overly quaint, dainty, cute or nice.