Related Clues:

• Public backing to protect a minister
• Open about chap not closing
• Unconcealed (in the past tense)
• Professed to make Chubby weigh less
• It's clear from Dover to Calais
• Far from reticent one in business interrupting departure
• Want to remove borders, so open
• It's obvious the minister was brought up in the Old Testament
• Public, in the course of time
• Extra time is apparent
• Open golf's second green
• Stated without concealment
• Plain - manifest
• Plain to see - manifest
• Openly stated