The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word CLEAR-CUT
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result CLEAR-CUT
- Precise net reduction
- Cold king associated with economy — that’s definite
- Unambiguous measure of volume curate’s drunk
- Get the OK for retrenchment? That’s unambiguous!
- Definite corruption of cruel act
- Conservative purveyor of nonsense before poll – that’s plain
- Caught tragedy bowdlerised in 9
- It’s plain to see it’s a terribly cruel act
- Easy to understand king getting cross after hint of conspiracy
- Opening of Coriolanus, tragedy needing excision: that’s obvious
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What does CLEAR-CUT mean?
CLEAR-CUT adjective- Straightforward, obvious, simple, or basic.
- Having had all trees cut.