Not shy about speaking up (5)

I believe the answer is:

vocal

(Other definitions for vocal that I've seen before include "not instrumental" , "Articulate" , "Freely expressing opinions" , "Spoken" , "speaking loudly" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal.

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