Utter word, thing that's cryptic (9)
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" .)