The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word OVEREAT
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More clues leading to the result OVEREAT
- Stuff’s possibly tax-free, before cuts
- Fail to limit fare before passing through duty-free?
- Go stuff yourself!
- Stuff material used to fill woven wreath
- Stuff above re-attempted in part
- Stuff your face and get too hot in Bow?
- How to put weight on each in public
- Gorge, and reach too high a temperature in Bow?
- Public housing unlimited near gorge
- Stuff concluded each time
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The straight part
We know that "Fail to limit fare" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case fail to limit fare = overeat.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does OVEREAT mean?
OVEREAT verb- To eat too much.
- To surfeit with eating.