The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word DISTORT
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result DISTORT
- Misrepresent sordid gossip about thug’s head found in well
- Sadist or torturer hiding pervert
- Runs I’d built up in scramble
- Daughter is wrong to twist
- Detectives run around bend
- Detective’s wrong to misrepresent
- Little girl’s wrong to misrepresent the facts
- To manipulate date is an illegal act
- Indecency about sitcom often showing pervert
- Twist in Methodist orthodoxy
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The straight part
We know that "bend" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case bend = distort.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 DISTORT mean?
DISTORT verb- To bring something out of shape, to misshape.
- To become misshapen.
- To give a false or misleading account of
- Distorted; misshapen.