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Suggestive treatment they occasionally start to prepare, fabricating honey trap (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hypnotherapy

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'suggestive treatment' is the definition.
'hypnotherapy' can be an answer for 'treatment' (I've seen this before). I'm not certain of the 'suggestive' bit.

'they occasionally start to prepare fabricating honey trap' is the wordplay.
'occasionally' indicates alternate letters.
'start to' suggests taking the first letters.
'fabricating' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'fabricate' mean this).
The initial letter of 'prepare' is 'p'.
The alternate letters of 'they' are 'hy'.
'honey'+'trap'='honeytrap'
'honeytrap' is an anagram of 'notherapy'.
'hy'+'p'+'notherapy'='HYPNOTHERAPY'

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(Another definition for hypnotherapy that I've seen is " Treatment aimed at recovering suppressed memories".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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