Cryptic crossword clue
With Sugar being frank, apprentice ultimately gets squashed 7

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

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Buddy explains!

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What does CANDIED mean?

CANDIED adjective
  1. Coated or encrusted with sugar
  2. Preserved in sugar or syrup by baking till it becomes translucent
  3. Pleasing, flattering.
CANDIED verb
  1. To cook in, or coat with, sugar syrup.
  2. To have sugar crystals form in or on.
  3. To be formed into candy; to solidify in a candylike form or mass.

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