Cryptic crossword clue
Very loud one caught in the sludge's upset by a fictional plant 7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word TRIFFID

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The straight part
We know that "fictional plant" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case fictional plant = triffid.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does TRIFFID mean?

TRIFFID noun
  1. A fictional plant, able to move around and kill people with a poisonous stinger
  2. Any of the anemones of the genus Aiptasia with poisonous tentacles, which are a pest in aquaria.
  3. Any large, fast-growing and hard-to-remove weed, such as the flowering shrub Chromolaena odorata.

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