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Instruction from germophobe host? Confess everything! (4,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

come clean

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'confess everything' is the definition.
(to come clean is to confess to a wrongdoing)

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(Other definitions for come clean that I've seen before include "how you hope your home delivery laundry will arrive" , "Make honest admission" , "Reveal dirty secrets" , "Admit" , "Confess fully or arrive after ablutions" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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