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To be honest, there's nothing to write (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

open

'to be honest' is the definition.
('open' can be similar in meaning to 'honest')

'nothing to write' is the wordplay.
'nothing' becomes 'o' (looks like zero - 0).
'to' says to put letters next to each other.
'write' becomes 'pen' ('pen' can be a synonym of 'write').
'o'+'pen'='OPEN'

'there's' is the link.

(Other definitions for open that I've seen before include "Freely accessible" , "hardly high-security" , "'Frank, not secret (4)'" , "Plain" , "Not closed or secret" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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