Stating (9)
(Other definitions for uttering that I've seen before include "Articulating" , "Tiger-nut (anag.)" , "Publishing" , "Saying" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">stating</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(declaring is a kind of stating)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Another definition for declaring that I've seen is " statement-making".)