Cryptic crossword clue
Caught fibbing about love? That’s sickening! 7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word CLOYING

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The straight part
We know that "sickening" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case sickening = cloying.
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 CLOYING mean?

CLOYING verb
  1. To fill up or choke up; to stop up.
  2. To clog, to glut, or satisfy, as the appetite; to satiate.
  3. To fill to loathing; to surfeit.
CLOYING adjective
  1. Unpleasantly excessive.
  2. Excessively sweet.

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