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Frank and impartial, is able and accomplished (6)

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candid

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'frank' is the definition.
(I know that frank can be written as candid)

'able and accomplished' is the wordplay.
'able' becomes 'can'.
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'accomplished' becomes 'did' (to do something is to accomplish it).
'can'+'did'='CANDID'

'and impartial is' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for candid that I've seen before include "Open and truthful" , "Truthful and straightforward" , "Frank - open" , "Plain" , "Frank, honest" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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