The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word IDOLATRY
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result IDOLATRY
- Hero-worshipping adroitly managed
- Hero-worshipping adroitly revised
- Reformed lady trio’s great devotion
- I go over to visit Los Angeles for hero-worshipping
- Extreme admiration for an artificial language experiment involving the French
- Reverence shown by lady trio after conversion
- Papers with time inspired by eccentric royal, showing undue adoration
- Dilatory sort of hero worship
- I really make an effort to curb the French form of worship
- Adroitly modified excessive adoration
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The straight part
We know that "icon worship" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case icon worship = idolatry.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does IDOLATRY mean?
IDOLATRY noun- The worship of idols.
- The excessive admiration of somebody or something.