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Frank to leave, taking broken clip (8)

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I believe the answer is:

explicit

'frank' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'leave taking broken clip' is the wordplay.
'leave' becomes 'exit' ('exit' can be a synonym of 'leave'**).
'taking' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'broken' indicates anagramming the letters.
'clip' anagrammed gives 'plic'.
'exit' going around 'plic' is 'EXPLICIT'.

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for explicit that I've seen before include "Specific" , "Openly stated" , "Stated without concealment" , "Stated directly, not implied" , "Fully stated" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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