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Utter word, thing that's cryptic (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

downright

'utter' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'word thing that's cryptic' is the wordplay.
'that's cryptic' is an anagram indicator.
'word'+'thing'='wordthing'
'wordthing' with letters rearranged gives 'DOWNRIGHT'.

(Other definitions for downright that I've seen before include "Frank" , "Blatant" , "Utter, complete" , "rank" , "Unequivocally" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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