The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 12 letter word CRINGEWORTHY
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More clues leading to the result CRINGEWORTHY
- Whinger to cry, frightfully embarrassing
- Excruciating wry hectoring is out of order
- Acutely embarrassing group in church value prayers at heart
- Embarrassing church about call in front of dignitary
- Embarrassing once second person’s after call to have debts turned into credit
- With her two crying out it’s embarrassing
- Toe-curling jewellery item found in church: value unknown
- Cold call English luminary — how embarrassing!
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The straight part
We know that "Toe-curling" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case toe-curling = cringeworthy.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does CRINGEWORTHY mean?
CRINGEWORTHY adjective- That causes one to cringe with embarrassment; embarrassing.