The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 plus 5 letter word LET LOOSE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result LET LOOSE
- Lease smallest rooms — key supplied for free
- Rent small room someone vacated for free
- Free time can start to subside, in general
- Release hired toilets before end of Glyndebourne
- Employ tool and eels set free
- Blockheads told to free them
- Set free rent with facilities barely used
- Free from restraint, made a sudden remark?
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The straight part
We know that "Free from restraint/made a sudden remark" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case free from restraint/made a sudden remark = let loose.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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