Straightforward Crossword Clue

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DIRECT
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Set the scene?Crossword Clue
To the pointCrossword Clue
What the Coen Brothers do is straightforwardCrossword Clue
Frank's result of Welsh pub crawl announced?Crossword Clue
Guide the actors in a play or filmCrossword Clue
FrankCrossword Clue
Like a flight with no layoversCrossword Clue
Emulate Chloe ZhaoCrossword Clue
Pollution choking city guideCrossword Clue
Connecticut follows extremely urgent steerCrossword Clue

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FRANK
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Open and honestCrossword Clue
Dog in a ballparkCrossword Clue
Honest fellow managed onset of kleptomaniaCrossword Clue
Plain hot dogCrossword Clue
Plain-spokenCrossword Clue
Ballpark purchase in a bunCrossword Clue
Plain-speakingCrossword Clue
CandidCrossword Clue
Hot dogCrossword Clue
Explicit footmarkCrossword Clue

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EASY
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
"Don't stress yourself"Crossword Clue
"It's a cinch!"Crossword Clue
"Relax"Crossword Clue
"Piece of cake!"Crossword Clue
Very doableCrossword Clue
Difficulty level for a newbie gamerCrossword Clue
A cinchCrossword Clue
Like 1-2-3Crossword Clue
Not challengingCrossword Clue
UncomplicatedCrossword Clue

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HONEST
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
TruthfulCrossword Clue
"I'm not kidding!"Crossword Clue
___ Abe (Lincoln's nickname)Crossword Clue
"You should believe me!"Crossword Clue
"It's true!"Crossword Clue
SincereCrossword Clue
"No fooling!"Crossword Clue
A rook is not so present around New EnglandCrossword Clue
"You can believe it!"Crossword Clue
"For real!!"Crossword Clue

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OPEN
4 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
ReceptiveCrossword Clue
Word before air or fireCrossword Clue
Like some questions or doorsCrossword Clue
"I'm an ___ book"Crossword Clue
Like the NYSE at 9:30 a.m. Eastern on most weekdaysCrossword Clue
TransparentCrossword Clue
UnboxCrossword Clue
Sign on a store windowCrossword Clue
Not keeping secretsCrossword Clue

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TRUTHFUL
8 Letters
4 RELATED CLUES
VeraciousCrossword Clue
HonestCrossword Clue
Straight talk, at first sadCrossword Clue
CandidCrossword Clue

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ABOVEBOARD
10 Letters
8 RELATED CLUES
Sailor's fallen into the sea — not entirely sober, to be honestCrossword Clue
Open and honestCrossword Clue
On the levelCrossword Clue
On the up and up ... and where it's atCrossword Clue
LegitimateCrossword Clue
In the openCrossword Clue
HonestCrossword Clue
It's not beneath the directors, to be honestCrossword Clue

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ASAMATTEROFFACT
15 Letters
3 RELATED CLUES
Actually in bad form, fat cat at seaCrossword Clue
Raging at fame, or fat cats, in realityCrossword Clue
Truly clever chap needed in statecraft of a new orderCrossword Clue

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BASIC
5 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
Word with cable or trainingCrossword Clue
FundamentalCrossword Clue
>7 on the pH scaleCrossword Clue
RudimentaryCrossword Clue
Spartan language, technicallyCrossword Clue
Opposite of acidicCrossword Clue
No-frillsCrossword Clue
Underwear, without padding, so plainCrossword Clue
Like 101 coursesCrossword Clue

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BLUNT
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Rudely straightforwardCrossword Clue
UnsharpenedCrossword Clue
Untactful to a faultCrossword Clue
Hardly diplomaticCrossword Clue
Not sharp, as a pencil or knifeCrossword Clue
Pot holderCrossword Clue
Franks lacking a pointCrossword Clue
Alternative to a joint or spliffCrossword Clue
Unceremonious — dullCrossword Clue
Disconcertingly frankCrossword Clue

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CANDID
6 Letters
6 RELATED CLUES
FrankCrossword Clue
ForthrightCrossword Clue
Frank and sincereCrossword Clue
Open aid distributed through peace groupCrossword Clue
Frank, straightforwardCrossword Clue
Honest job applicants? Only sixty per centCrossword Clue

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CUTANDDRIED
11 Letters
4 RELATED CLUES
Flower options?Crossword Clue
Completely settled — simple and easy to understandCrossword Clue
Completely settledCrossword Clue
Like a model's hairstyle?Crossword Clue

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MATTEROFFACT
12 Letters
6 RELATED CLUES
"In actuality . . ."Crossword Clue
Unemotional and practicalCrossword Clue
UnemotionalCrossword Clue
Prosaic and dull, cart off roughlyCrossword Clue
It's strictly true but unimaginativeCrossword Clue
Practical stuff cancelled by lawCrossword Clue

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NOIFSANDSORBUTS
15 Letters
2 RELATED CLUES
"I won't hear any excuses!" ... also, a clue to the three other longest Across answersCrossword Clue
Without a doubt, transfusions with blood regularly administeredCrossword Clue

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ONTHESQUARE
11 Letters

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OPENANDSHUTCASE
15 Letters
2 RELATED CLUES
Is that Schrödinger’s luggage? It’s quickly resolvedCrossword Clue
Court coupCrossword Clue

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POINTBLANK
10 Letters
5 RELATED CLUES
DirectCrossword Clue
Blot napkin dispersed directlyCrossword Clue
Straight outCrossword Clue
At close rangeCrossword Clue
Spot empty space at close rangeCrossword Clue

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UNCOMPLICATED
13 Letters
1 RELATED CLUES
A document clip otherwise is EASYCrossword Clue

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UPFRONT
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
ForthrightCrossword Clue
Frank in striker's role?Crossword Clue
Open and happy faceCrossword Clue
Opposite of coyCrossword Clue
CandidCrossword Clue
Paid in advance, as costsCrossword Clue
Open University almost immediately accepting folioCrossword Clue
Open in advanceCrossword Clue
Plains high point with river feeding reservoirCrossword Clue
In advanceCrossword Clue

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ATOB
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Short first stepCrossword Clue
Katharine Hepburn’s acting gamut, in a Dorothy Parker quipCrossword Clue
Small stepCrossword Clue
Tone from this straight tripCrossword Clue
Progress made in step oneCrossword Clue
Tiny bit of progressCrossword Clue
Narrow rangeCrossword Clue
Small stepCrossword Clue
Simple stepCrossword Clue
First small bit of progressCrossword Clue

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DIRECTMALE
10 Letters

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HONESTY
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
The best policy, per a proverbCrossword Clue
“Such a lonely word,” according to a Billy Joel songCrossword Clue
The best policy, they sayCrossword Clue
Frank qualityCrossword Clue
The best policy, it’s saidCrossword Clue
CandorCrossword Clue
Perfect pig pens plainnessCrossword Clue
Sharpen pen with candorCrossword Clue
Sharpen pen, being blunt perhapsCrossword Clue
"The first chapter in the book of wisdom," to JeffersonCrossword Clue

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PLAINENGLISH
12 Letters

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YESORNO
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
"Just tell me which it is!"Crossword Clue
“So what will it be?”Crossword Clue
"Answer the simple question!"Crossword Clue
"Which is it gonna be?"Crossword Clue
Binary questionCrossword Clue
"Well, which is it?!"Crossword Clue
"Which is it going to be?"Crossword Clue
"Decide now!"Crossword Clue
"Give me a simple answer!"Crossword Clue
Demand for a simple answerCrossword Clue

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BASICBLACK
10 Letters

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CANDOUR
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Honesty also seen in court? Not quiteCrossword Clue
FranknessCrossword Clue
FranknessCrossword Clue
Means of preserving grim impartialityCrossword Clue
Means of preserving grim impartialityCrossword Clue
FranknessCrossword Clue
Preserve with grim honestyCrossword Clue
Preserve with grim honestyCrossword Clue
What avoids circumlocution - and is needed in tribunal, no endCrossword Clue
"Honesty is boring; chasing prison "Crossword Clue

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OPENANDSHUT
11 Letters
6 RELATED CLUES
Mouth options?Crossword Clue
Straightforward writer in thousand, possiblyCrossword Clue
Easily decidedCrossword Clue
So obvious as to be easily decidedCrossword Clue
IroncladCrossword Clue
Easily settled, like a caseCrossword Clue

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TORTUOUS
8 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
Tutors prepared to admit Oxford University is far from straightforwardCrossword Clue
ConvolutedCrossword Clue
Highly complicated — full of twists and turnsCrossword Clue
Convoluted exit raised by leader of Ukip in high placesCrossword Clue
Sort out supply around uniform, full of twistsCrossword Clue
Involved university in sort-out for transportCrossword Clue
SerpentineCrossword Clue
ConvolutedCrossword Clue
Full of twistings and windingsCrossword Clue

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SITTER
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Person looking after petsCrossword Clue
Easy chance to score – artist’s modelCrossword Clue
20 topless after introduction to super modelCrossword Clue
Poser: one surely won't be missedCrossword Clue
One who usually works an evening shiftCrossword Clue
It's easy to catch obedient dog?Crossword Clue
Sober English teacher circles something hard to missCrossword Clue
Minor minderCrossword Clue
Model, easy catch!Crossword Clue
Subject of a portraitCrossword Clue

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HOMESPUN
8 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Plain menu shop preparedCrossword Clue
Detective's joke sounds a bit crudeCrossword Clue
Detectives joke sounds a bit crudeCrossword Clue
Folksy Great Lakes joke?Crossword Clue
Unsophisticated fictional detective picked up play on wordsCrossword Clue
Simple men describing mantra, wordplayCrossword Clue
"Simpsons wordplay not right; unpolished "Crossword Clue
Posh menu unusually plainCrossword Clue
Simple sleuths witticism lecturer ignoredCrossword Clue
Folksy detective dismissing learner with a jokeCrossword Clue

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NONONSENSE
10 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Frank with musician’s backing playing twice with feelingCrossword Clue
Serious and straightforwardCrossword Clue
Lacking bells and whistlesCrossword Clue
BusinesslikeCrossword Clue
Impossibility: tin thrown up seen flying down to earthCrossword Clue
Strictly businessCrossword Clue
Strictly businessCrossword Clue
Just-the-facts-pleaseCrossword Clue
After English and French denials, perhaps hearing is straightforwardCrossword Clue
All businessCrossword Clue

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OVERSIMPLIFY
12 Letters

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PLAINAND
8 Letters

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SIMPLE
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Easy-peasyCrossword Clue
Free of frillsCrossword Clue
Not complicatedCrossword Clue
Easy test in which top mark goes to first personCrossword Clue
Not complicatedCrossword Clue
EASY is returning Military Policeman by return trainCrossword Clue
Like Simon or HerbCrossword Clue
Politician engaged in awful lies is easily understoodCrossword Clue
Plain — foolishCrossword Clue
Easy as pieCrossword Clue

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SIMPLY
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
'Just like Fox,' describing current politicianCrossword Clue
Just monkey caught by foxyCrossword Clue
Just start to simmer and make insinuationsCrossword Clue
Clearly not on, electronic game with plug awayCrossword Clue
Small hint without embellishmentCrossword Clue
Just son given hintCrossword Clue
Just succeeded, given hintCrossword Clue
JustCrossword Clue
Just using cunning when catching little devilCrossword Clue
Point to suggest without complicationCrossword Clue

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JANNOCKS
8 Letters

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OUTRIGHT
8 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
UtterCrossword Clue
26 wrong – or not?Crossword Clue
CompletelyCrossword Clue
UnambiguousCrossword Clue
Without exceptionCrossword Clue
Flat's unfashionable, I agreeCrossword Clue
Published, legal entitlement clearCrossword Clue
Utter slogan of a leftist?Crossword Clue
Utter slogan of a leftist?Crossword Clue
UnqualifiedCrossword Clue

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UNADORNED
9 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Plain girl one boy stood up – and anotherCrossword Clue
Simple name-dropping is not admiredCrossword Clue
PlainCrossword Clue
Bare northern parts a Breton lovedCrossword Clue
PlainCrossword Clue
PlainCrossword Clue
No unread novel grabs daughter, thats plainCrossword Clue
Peacekeepers loved patrolling northern plainCrossword Clue
Blue Berets loved defending northern plainCrossword Clue
Abroad, one loved touring northern plainCrossword Clue

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YESNO
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Kind of question that's binaryCrossword Clue
Like some binary questionsCrossword Clue
Like the questions asked in Guess Who?Crossword Clue
Two-option question typeCrossword Clue
Basic type of questionCrossword Clue
Basic question typeCrossword Clue
Kind of questionCrossword Clue
Like the questions asked in 20 QuestionsCrossword Clue
Like some dichotomous questionsCrossword Clue
Like some questionsCrossword Clue

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BALDERDASH
10 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Rubbish race that's not so hairyCrossword Clue
NonsenseCrossword Clue
Having less hair - bit rubbish?Crossword Clue
Not so hairy — rubbish!Crossword Clue
Not so hairy - rubbish!Crossword Clue
Tree died following onset of blizzard - tree in which youll find rotCrossword Clue
Bunk beds original ladder has brokenCrossword Clue
Norse god to frustrate stupid talkCrossword Clue
Waffle: God has a little tasteCrossword Clue
TwaddleCrossword Clue

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SAILPLANE
9 Letters
3 RELATED CLUES
Aircraft transaction simple, they sayCrossword Clue
Aircraft transaction simple, they sayCrossword Clue
Glider of a sortCrossword Clue

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STAMMERERS
10 Letters
2 RELATED CLUES
Claudius and Porky PigCrossword Clue
They c-can get r-repetitive in speech?Crossword Clue

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HEMINGWAYESQUE
14 Letters
1 RELATED CLUES
Terse and unadorned, as writingCrossword Clue

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CLEARCUT
8 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
UnambiguousCrossword Clue
Easy to understandCrossword Clue
Easy to seeCrossword Clue
Opening of Coriolanus, tragedy needing excision: that's obviousCrossword Clue
Unambiguous measure of volume curate's drunkCrossword Clue
Plain as dayCrossword Clue
Sharply definedCrossword Clue
Definite corruption of cruel actCrossword Clue
UndeniableCrossword Clue
Sharply definedCrossword Clue

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OBLIQUE
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Indirect – slantingCrossword Clue
Slanting – indirectCrossword Clue
Inclined to back gloomy reportCrossword Clue
Inclined to back gloomy reportCrossword Clue
Like an angle that's not 90°Crossword Clue
Inclined as old boy to spill secrets while talkingCrossword Clue
Muscle targeted by side planksCrossword Clue
Muscle that helps you bend side to side and twist your torsoCrossword Clue
Slash old boy replacing head of close-knit groupCrossword Clue
Leaderless gang putting a robe with cut sides on top of a geometrical featureCrossword Clue

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ONEWAY
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Round trip alternativeCrossword Clue
Sign that there's no turning backCrossword Clue
Like some streetsCrossword Clue
Road sign with a unidirectional arrowCrossword Clue
Like some mirrors and streetsCrossword Clue
Like many parking garage rampsCrossword Clue
Modern area in old yard not giving you a turn?Crossword Clue
A particular method to make such a mirrorCrossword Clue
Like freeway rampsCrossword Clue
Single now? Aye, after a fashion!Crossword Clue

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PLAINTIFF
9 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Bringer of caseCrossword Clue
Actor in a suit with no pattern turning up fine suitCrossword Clue
Prosecuting litigantCrossword Clue
LitigatorCrossword Clue
One bringing a lawsuitCrossword Clue
Person in a suit sporting ordinary flapCrossword Clue
Litigants obvious argumentCrossword Clue
Litigious patent-holder, in patent dispute?Crossword Clue
Litigants proposal restricting international disputeCrossword Clue
Ugly little row gets one in courtCrossword Clue

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TURNING
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Starting to spoilCrossword Clue
Retire and start to get going?Crossword Clue
Rotation is good after shock at homeCrossword Clue
Sailors not out in boat should be going offCrossword Clue
Being very successful or helpfulCrossword Clue
Changing directionCrossword Clue
Looking away when gran nude, is it surprising?Crossword Clue
Shaping metal around vase with top of goldCrossword Clue
Revolutionary movement adjusting without monarchCrossword Clue
Changing allegiance of codebreaker without nameCrossword Clue

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ASKANCE
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Like footballer Harry, tackling Chelsea’s forward sidewaysCrossword Clue
Suspicious way to look at someoneCrossword Clue
SuspiciouslyCrossword Clue
Question chancellor about article with suspicionCrossword Clue
Quiz expert about point obliquelyCrossword Clue
With some side-eyeCrossword Clue
ObliquelyCrossword Clue
Quiz one about point thats not straightforwardCrossword Clue
Unmask ancestor a little suspiciouslyCrossword Clue
Unmask ancestor a little suspiciouslyCrossword Clue

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GROUNDFLOOR
11 Letters
1 RELATED CLUES
A low levelCrossword Clue

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OPENAND
7 Letters

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IDIOTPROOF
10 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Really hard to mess upCrossword Clue
Fail-safe if I do troop manœuvresCrossword Clue
Un-screw-up-ableCrossword Clue
Impossible to screw upCrossword Clue
Impossible to mess upCrossword Clue
Really easy to useCrossword Clue
Pretty darn simpleCrossword Clue
*Simple-to-useCrossword Clue
Easy-to-useCrossword Clue
Easy-to-useCrossword Clue

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INDIRECTOBJECT
14 Letters

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SIDEGLANCE
10 Letters

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UNSWERVING
10 Letters
2 RELATED CLUES
Firms views run contrary to new governmentCrossword Clue
Steadfast global body on duty touring WestCrossword Clue

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CRABWISE
8 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Sensible to follow sourpuss, but not straightforwardlyCrossword Clue
Sensible to follow sourpuss, but not straightforwardlyCrossword Clue
Irritable person, sensible, not coming forwardCrossword Clue
Curve lifted over web is turned sidewaysCrossword Clue
Curve lifted over web is turned sidewaysCrossword Clue
Originally, basmati rice was served sidewaysCrossword Clue
Originally, basmati rice was served sidewaysCrossword Clue
Around sailor crew is moving sidewaysCrossword Clue
Around sailor crew is moving sidewaysCrossword Clue
Signs sensible yet not in a straightforward wayCrossword Clue

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EVASIVE
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Hard to pin downCrossword Clue
Virginia is upset when detained by Adams mate being equivocalCrossword Clue
Cunning female pockets credit card when standing upCrossword Clue
Shifty backward pass received by First LadyCrossword Clue
Apart from backtracking, ones deviousCrossword Clue
Answering with a question, perhapsCrossword Clue
ShiftyCrossword Clue
Tricky rescue set up I have to followCrossword Clue
Excluding tips, this compilers misleadingCrossword Clue
Roundabout very like ones stuck in the night beforeCrossword Clue

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SIDESWIPER
10 Letters

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DIRECT

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FRANK

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EASY

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HONEST

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OPEN

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TRUTHFUL

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ABOVEBOARD

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ASAMATTEROFFACT

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BASIC

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BLUNT

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CANDID

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CUTANDDRIED

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MATTEROFFACT

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NOIFSANDSORBUTS

2 RELATED CLUES

ONTHESQUARE

OPENANDSHUTCASE

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POINTBLANK

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UNCOMPLICATED

1 RELATED CLUES

UPFRONT

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ATOB

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DIRECTMALE

HONESTY

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PLAINENGLISH

YESORNO

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BASICBLACK

CANDOUR

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OPENANDSHUT

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TORTUOUS

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SITTER

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HOMESPUN

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NONONSENSE

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OVERSIMPLIFY

PLAINAND

SIMPLE

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SIMPLY

10 RELATED CLUES

JANNOCKS

OUTRIGHT

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UNADORNED

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YESNO

10 RELATED CLUES

BALDERDASH

10 RELATED CLUES

SAILPLANE

3 RELATED CLUES

STAMMERERS

2 RELATED CLUES

HEMINGWAYESQUE