The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ENTICED
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result ENTICED
- Regular beans with poor diet wants a vitamin! Tempted?
- Drew a short space attached round entrance to cell
- Seduced compiler to be indecent, somehow
- Tempted to cite negligence in death
- Taking part out of sentiment, ice dancer was alluring
- Moment mother left, sweet and sugary, was tempting
- Freshly decent, I was attractive
- Not exactly decent, I attracted the unsuspecting, perhaps
- Beguiled by nationalist involved in devious deceit
- Lured in, ten brutally murdered
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The straight part
We know that "Drew" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case drew = enticed.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 ENTICED mean?
ENTICED verb- To lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope.