Frank reportedly dismissed from papers (6)
I believe the answer is:
candid
'frank' is the definition.
(I know that frank can be written as candid)
'reportedly dismissed from papers' is the wordplay.
'reportedly dismissed' becomes 'cand' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'from' says to put letters next to each other.
'papers' becomes 'ID' (identifying documents are one's 'papers').
'cand'+'id'='CANDID'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for candid that I've seen before include "Very clear" , "Plain" , "Honest and open about what one thinks" , "Frank, honest" , "Free and frank" .)