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Clearly described heartless fellow stabbing German in charge (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

graphic

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'clearly described' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'heartless fellow stabbing german in charge' is the wordplay.
'heartless fellow stabbing german' becomes 'graph' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in charge' becomes 'ic'.
'graph'+'ic'='GRAPHIC'

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(Other definitions for graphic that I've seen before include "Visually clearly described" , "Vivid - computer-generated image" , "Relating to visual art; explicit" , "Of drawing or lettering - vivid" , "Evoking vivid images" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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