What does the cryptic crossword clue "Observed the writer very blunt in speech (9)" mean?

The definition is "Observed". The wordplay uses a homophone (sounds like). A homophone (‘in speech’) of I (the writer) BALD (very blunt). When writing up the blog, we wondered whether it was BOLD but that’s not a homophone. A quick check in Chambers Thesaurus confirmed that it was BALD as we first thought. The answer is EYEBALLED.

Observed the writer very blunt in speech (9)

Independent Cryptic #12062 | 22 Across | 2025-06-06 flower

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