The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 plus 7 letter word LIP SERVICE
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result LIP SERVICE
- Insults mate with false respect
- Mended pliers and another tool to make fake backing
- Cheek! RAF, for example, is something perfunctorily paid
- Don’t expect action to follow this cheek at religious event
- It may be paid for impudence over domestic’s duties
- Pericles revised, six boxed; it’s rather casually paid
- Kissagram agency — an insincere profession?
- A kiss it is said, lacking conviction
- Waiting on sauce for empty waffle
- Army, perhaps on edge, professed loyalty that’s insincere
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The straight part
We know that "something perfunctorily paid" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case something perfunctorily paid = lip service.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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