Confess - Crossword Clue, Answer and Explanation

'confess' is the definition.
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This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for allow that I've seen before include "Permit or acknowledge" , "Admit as acceptable" , "brook" , "Sanction" , "Licence" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent, The Star Tribune, The Sun, the Penny Press, The Sunday Times, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Wall Street Journal, the LA Times, the USA Today, the Evening Standard, The Times and The Mirror.

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

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for admit that I've seen before include "Accept" , "receive" , "Fess up" , "Confess - let in" , "Agree to the truth" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent, The Star Tribune, The Sun, the Penny Press, The Sunday Times, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Wall Street Journal, the LA Times, the USA Today, the Evening Standard, The Times and The Mirror.

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

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for own up that I've seen before include "Accept responsibility" , "Confess, acknowledge fault" , "Come clean (about wrongdoing)" , "Confess, admit guilt (3.2)" , "Admit to wrongdoing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian and The Times.

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

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for come clean that I've seen before include "Be completely honest" , "Confess fully or arrive after ablutions" , "how you like your laundry to arrive?" , "Fully confess something" , "how you hope your home delivery laundry will arrive" .)

I've seen this clue in the Penny Press and The Telegraph.

I've seen this clue in the Universal.

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