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Revealed black labrador base (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

blabbed

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'revealed' is the definition.
(blabbing is a kind of revealing)

'black labrador base' is the wordplay.
'black labrador' becomes 'blab' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'base' becomes 'bed' (both can mean the bottom of something).
'blab'+'bed'='BLABBED'

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(Other definitions for blabbed that I've seen before include "Let the cat out of the bag" , "Talked indiscreetly" , "Spilt the beans" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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