The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word ILLUSION
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result ILLUSION
- Deception provided by bad American, elected without love
- The Italian applied sun oil to create a false impression
- Mirage left America in Troy
- Trick that’s bad played on us — I’ll get caught
- Fancy international reference ignoring leader
- One large predator catching us? That’s not how it appears
- No one gets over following sick American fantasy
- Virginia not involved in crooked villainous trick
- Trick ailing American with one – no returns!
- Fancy troubled Coalition dismissing leader
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The straight part
We know that "trick" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case trick = illusion.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does ILLUSION mean?
ILLUSION noun- Anything that seems to be something that it is not.
- A misapprehension; a belief in something that is in fact not true.
- A magician’s trick.
- The state of being deceived or misled.