Implied, indirect (8)
I believe the answer is:
implicit
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">I believe this clue is a double definition.<br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">implied</span>' is the first definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that implied can be written as implicit)</span><br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">indirect</span>' is the second definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(thesaurus)</span><br/ ><br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for implicit that I've seen before include "Unquestioning - expressed indirectly" , "Suggested but not stated" , "Not actually stated" , "Understood but not openly stated" , "Suggested indirectly" .)