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Endless hypocrisy followed by stern frankness (7)

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I believe the answer is:

candour

'frankness' is the definition.
('candour' can be a synonym of 'frankness')

'endless hypocrisy followed by stern' is the wordplay.
'endless' means to remove the last letter.
'hypocrisy' becomes 'cant' (I've seen this before).
'followed by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'stern' becomes 'dour'.
'cant' with its last letter removed is 'can'.
'can'+'dour'='CANDOUR'

(Other definitions for candour that I've seen before include "Artlessness" , "Frankness, openness" , "show frankness" , "telling it like it is" , "'Frankness, honesty (7)'" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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