Related Clues:

• Pulling no punches
• Straightforward
• Big joint
• Telling it like it is
• Plain-spoken
• Not for the thin-skinned
• Not sharp, as a pencil
• Painfully frank
• Painfully forthright
• Not pulling any punches
• To the point, ironically
• Like an épée's point
• Short on finesse
• See 15 Across
• Needing sharpening