The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word BLUNT
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result BLUNT
- Dull Soviet spy
- Outspoken Soviet spy
- A James The Fourth Man?
- Unsubtle spy?
- Outspoken, a Parisian tucking into sandwich?
- Dull sandwich has a French filling
- Popular sandwich with a French filling is pointless
- Johnson of the Cambridge Fourwas known to be abrupt
- Dull opening of line in minor hit
- Frank’s lacking a point
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The straight part
We know that "Outspoken" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case outspoken = blunt.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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What does BLUNT mean?
BLUNT noun- A fencer's practice foil with a soft tip.
- A short needle with a strong point.
- (smoking) A marijuana cigar.
- Money
- A playboating move resembling a cartwheel performed on a wave.
- Having a thick edge or point; not sharp.
- Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; opposed to acute.
- Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.
- Hard to impress or penetrate.
- Slow or deficient in feeling: insensitive.
- To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.
- To repress or weaken; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of