The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word ENTANGLED
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result ENTANGLED
- Fish died after net cast, becoming this?
- Confused flavour, lychee lacking pulp in conclusion
- Ear nose and throat unaligned and in a mess
- Ten exotic fish originally destined to be caught up in a net
- Caught up in nasty net, fish died
- Involved in goal, securing team’s first corner
- English books inclined to be involved
- Books penned by a legend, surprisingly becoming involved
- Fished with hook and line after net broke and twisted
- Involved in goal, securing team's first corner
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The straight part
We know that "this" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case this = entangled.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does ENTANGLED mean?
ENTANGLED verb- To tangle up; to twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated
- To involve in such complications as to render extrication difficult
- , to ensnare
- To involve in difficulties or embarrassments; to embarrass, puzzle, or distract by adverse or perplexing circumstances, interests, demands, etc.; to hamper; to bewilder.
- Tangled or twisted together
- Confused or complicated
- (of two quantum states) correlated, even though physically separated; (referring to a state of a composite system) not separable