Stated

17 clues
Fixed
Spoken
Alleged
Settled
Express
Uttered
Asserted
Declared
Explicit
Not tacit
Expressed
Announced
Specified
Maintained
Ostensible
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Put into words
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Aaarated
Abated
Abbreviated
Abbreviatedfilm
Abbreviatedword
Abdicated
Abducted
Abetted
Ablated
Abnegated
Aborted
Abovethefruitedplain
Abrightparticularstar
Abrogated
Abroncstail
Abroncstale
Abstain
Abstained
Abstainers
Abstainfromfood