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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 Evening Standard, The Independent, the LA Times, The Mirror, the Penny Press, the Universal, The Guardian, the King Feature Syndicate, The Telegraph, the Sydney Morning Herald and The Sun.
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