The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word OUTSPOKEN
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result OUTSPOKEN
- UK's open to changes, to be frank
- Frank‘s fine punching put nose out of joint
- Free part of wheel, stuck in remote north
- Frank, abroad, rung before noon
- Blunt stunned — small fine in prison!
- Frank reveals personal facts about writer without permission
- Frank to reveal son all right in prison
- Frank gets away with small fine in dock
- Frank exposes sack to a trace of nitroglycerine
- Frank exposes approval in enclosure
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What does OUTSPOKEN mean?
OUTSPOKEN verb- To surpass in speaking; say or express more than; signify or claim superiority to; be superior to in meaning or significance; speak louder than.
- To speak out or aloud.
- To declare; utter; express; vocalise.
- Speaking, or spoken, freely, openly, or boldly; vocal; frank.