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Exact (7)

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<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">exact</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(similar in meaning)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for literal that I've seen before include "Word-for-word" , "excluding metaphors" , "Textual error" , "Unimaginative" , "Following the exact meaning" .)

I've seen this clue in the King Feature Syndicate, the Sydney Morning Herald, the Penny Press, The Telegraph, The Independent, the Evening Standard, the Universal, The Sun, The Mirror, the LA Times and The Guardian.
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