The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word MAWKISH
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result MAWKISH
- Soppy mouth attracting kiss from drunken lips?
- Maudlin knight hampered by desire to follow mum
- Sentimental single initially released by US band – covered by Wham, surprisingly
- ‘Soppy Chops’ gets half of kisses planted by Henry
- Week I laid in military hospital, sickly
- Man and wife locked in a never-ending smooch — hot and sentimental
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The straight part
We know that "Sentimental" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case sentimental = mawkish.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does MAWKISH mean?
MAWKISH adjective- Feeling sick, queasy.
- Sickening or insipid in taste or smell.
- Excessively or falsely sentimental; showing a sickly excess of sentiment; maudlin.