Total published also revealed (3-3-3)
I believe the answer is:
out-and-out
'total' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'published also revealed' is the subsidiary indication.
'published' becomes 'out' (I've seen this in other clues).
'also' becomes 'and' (I've seen this before).
'revealed' becomes 'out' (I've seen this in other clues).
'out'+'and'+'out'='outandout'
(Other definitions for out-and-out that I've seen before include "Thorough, surpassing" , "Utter, absolute" , "Thorough and complete - emphatically not indoors" , "Definitely" , "Absolute; completely" .)