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Word-for-word (7)

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I believe the answer is:

literal

<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">word-for-word</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(synonyms)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for literal that I've seen before include "Unimaginative" , "A tiller (anag.)" , "Exact (translation)" , "According to the letter" , "Not figurative" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard, The New York Times, the Universal and The Independent.
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