The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SURFEIT
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More clues leading to the result SURFEIT
- Excess strife, worried about university
- Too much foam from waves — draw back
- Have fun in the sea, bind over and overdo it
- Explore online and draw back from excess
- A bellyful of froth and sex without energy
- Piercing whistle — ref’s blowing up too much
- Excess force in confident appeal
- Auntie frustrated — she holds back too much
- Point in what we do with the Web too much
- Too much! Ref upset to be dragged into legal action
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The straight part
We know that "too much" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case too much = surfeit.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does SURFEIT mean?
SURFEIT noun- An excessive amount of something.
- Overindulgence in either food or drink; overeating.
- A sickness or condition caused by overindulgence.
- Disgust caused by excess; satiety.
- To fill (something) to excess.
- To feed (someone) to excess (on, upon or with something).
- To make (someone) sick as a result of overconsumption.
- To supply (someone) with something to excess; to disgust (someone) through overabundance.
- To satisfy (someone's appetite) to excess (both literally and figuratively).
- To overeat or feed to excess (on or upon something).
- To indulge (in something) to excess.
- To become sick from overindulgence (both literally and figuratively).