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Comes out and talks right through (7)

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I believe the answer is:

sprouts

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'comes out and talks right through' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'comes out and talks right' is the wordplay.
'comes out' becomes 'outs' ('out' can be a synonym of 'come out').
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'talks' becomes 'sp' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'sp'+'r'='spr'
'outs' put after 'spr' is 'SPROUTS'.

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(Other definitions for sprouts that I've seen before include "Green vegetable" , "Grows vegetables" , "Green vegetables" , "Brussels vegetables" , "[TRIMMING]" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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