The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 plus 4 letter word ALL TOLD
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result ALL TOLD
- In total area length and line related
- Singer embracing Liberal lord, everyone embraced by Count!
- A couple of litres ordered in total.
- Each considered narration finished then?
- No secrets, taking everything into account
- How the secrets came out altogether
- Nobody kept the secret, on the whole
- In conclusion, there are no secrets
- Informed by a couple of students taking everything into account
- A lot’ll back daughter, taking everything into account
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The straight part
We know that "How the secrets came out/altogether" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case how the secrets came out/altogether = all told.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.