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Put into words or show without speaking (7)

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I believe the answer is:

express

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'put into words' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'without speaking' is the wordplay.
'without' becomes 'ex' (I've seen this in other clues).
'speaking' becomes 'press' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'ex'+'press'='EXPRESS'

'or show' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for express that I've seen before include "Swift" , "Quick -- exact" , "Squeeze out - speak" , "air" , "Former journalists < not stopping < newspaper" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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