The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word EMETIC
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More clues leading to the result EMETIC
- Name this setter over something that comes up again
- Flipping quote about me that’ll make you sick
- Repeat my words over a kind of medicine
- It sickens one to recall quote about yours truly
- Making one fetch up quote, the writer reflected
- It makes one sick, withdrawing article in city
- . Beheading meme by jerk is vomit- inducing
- European paid one cent? It makes you sick
- Quote author about gut-wrenching material
- European with extremely macabre habit making you throw up
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The straight part
We know that "It sickens one" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case it sickens one = emetic.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 EMETIC mean?
EMETIC noun- An agent that induces vomiting
- (pharmaceutical effect) causing nausea and vomiting