I've phrased some badly and stressed too much (14)
I believe the answer is:
overemphasised
'stressed too much' is the definition.
The definition suggests a past participle verb which matches the answer.
'i've phrased some badly' is the wordplay.
'badly' indicates an anagram (letters in the wrong order).
'ive'+'phrased'+'some'='ivephrasedsome'
'ivephrasedsome' anagrammed gives 'OVEREMPHASISED'.
'and' is the link.
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I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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