The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word DECEIT
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result DECEIT
- After month draw back trickery
- . Fake doctor sectioned son unseen
- God almost frames the Church for fraud
- Lying tethered up outside church
- Cheating of French clubs, couple from the south
- Lies bound to be rejected outside European Commission
- Trick unfortunately enticed knight to come out
- Fraud bound to include City in retrospect
- Hypocrisy of Church restrained by infinite divinity
- Fraud even rising around church
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The straight part
We know that "Cheating" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case cheating = deceit.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 DECEIT mean?
DECEIT noun- An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.
- An act of deceiving someone.
- The state of being deceitful or deceptive.
- The tort or fraudulent representation of a material fact made with knowledge of its falsity, or recklessly, or without reasonable grounds for believing its truth and with intent to induce reliance on it; the plaintiff justifiably relies on the deception, to his injury.