The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word TANGLED
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result TANGLED
- Complicated time: old invader departs
- Confused as sharp taste came first
- Insect going wrong way was first to get snarled
- Complex hint came first
- Snarled up net, finally used rod and line
- Caught up with Dynasty and got ahead
- Caught fish between banks of Tweed
- Confused insect flies up to light
- D made Gladstone confused? Not so
- Complicated flavour experienced
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What does TANGLED mean?
TANGLED verb- To become mixed together or intertwined
- To enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight
- To mix together or intertwine
- To catch and hold; to ensnare.