Cryptic crossword clue
Embraces embracing sweetheart causing complaints 6

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word GRIPES

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The straight part
We know that "complaints" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case complaints = gripes.
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What does GRIPES mean?

GRIPES noun
  1. A complaint, often a petty or trivial one.
  2. A wire rope, often used on davits and other life raft launching systems.
  3. Grasp; clutch; grip
  4. That which is grasped; a handle; a grip.
  5. A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.
  6. Oppression; cruel exaction; affliction; pinching distress.
  7. (chiefly in the plural) Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines.
  8. The piece of timber that terminates the keel at the fore end; the forefoot.
  9. The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind.
  10. An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks, fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats when hoisted.
  11. A vulture, Gyps fulvus; the griffin.
GRIPES verb
  1. To complain; to whine.
  2. To annoy or bother.
  3. To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing close-hauled, requires constant labour at the helm.
  4. To pinch; to distress. Specifically, to cause pinching and spasmodic pain to the bowels of, as by the effects of certain purgative or indigestible substances.
  5. To suffer griping pains.
  6. To make a grab (to, towards, at or upon something).
  7. To seize or grasp.

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