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Honest saint’s honest about answer (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

straight

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'honest' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'saint's honest about answer' is the wordplay.
'saint' becomes 'st'.
'honest' becomes 'right' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'answer' becomes 'a' (abbreviation eg in Q and A).
'right' placed around 'a' is 'raight'.
'st'+'raight'='STRAIGHT'

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(Other definitions for straight that I've seen before include "Without curve or bend" , "Poker hand of five consecutive cards" , "Without deviations or curves" , "Honest - direct" , "Without deviation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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