The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word OVERRATE
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result OVERRATE
- Make too much of frequency of deliveries
- Think too much of a concern for cricket umpires?
- Attach too much importance to the speed of deliveries?
- Estimate too highly the frequency of deliveries?
- Make too much of charge on six deliveries?
- Extra charge to put May in the good PM category?
- Make too much of frequency of deliveries
- Stuffed and completed high tea
- Give too much importance to measure of how fast a team bowls
- Attach too much importance to cricket statistic
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The straight part
We know that "Estimate too highly" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case estimate too highly = overrate.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 OVERRATE mean?
OVERRATE noun- An excessive estimate or rate.
- To esteem too highly; to give greater praise than due.