Incisive or keen; cutting (9)

I believe the answer is:

trenchant

(Other definitions for trenchant that I've seen before include "Forthright, vigorous" , "Incisive in expression" , "caustic?" , "Vigorous, incisive" , "Expressively incisive" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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