Like the book, “The Jewel”, that’s not abridged? (5)

I believe the answer is:

uncut

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'not abridged?' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for uncut that I've seen before include "Of a film, complete and uncensored" , "State of raw unprocessed diamond" , "Not shortened" , "(Like a book) with pages not trimmed" , "Like diamonds, initially" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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