Free of blame (8)

I believe the answer is:

innocent

(Other definitions for innocent that I've seen before include "Without blame or without guile" , "Naive or not guilty" , "Without sin" , "not intending to cause offence?" , "Simple and ignorant of evil" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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