The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 plus 4 plus 3 plus 3 letter word SHOOT FROM THE HIP
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result SHOOT FROM THE HIP
- Speak bluntly, seeing film supplied by trendies?
- New growth starting by fruit just come out with it
- Speak bluntly, as gunslingers do in westerns?
- Be honest, great fun for them dancing aboard boat
- Film in snatches randomly for them to speak bluntly
- Speak bluntly, as gunslingers used to do?
- Once developed, photos of their home oddly tell it like it is
- Speak hastily in modelling session created by fashionistas?
- . What a cowboy might do to // speak recklessly without thinking?
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The straight part
We know that "Speak bluntly/as gunslingers do in westerns?" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case speak bluntly/as gunslingers do in westerns? = shoot from the hip.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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