What does the cryptic crossword clue "Roll up one's sleeves, we hear, to show what all across answers do here (4,4)" mean?

The definition is "what all across answers do here". The wordplay uses a homophone (sounds like). Sounds like (‘we hear’) BARE ARMS (‘roll up ones sleeves’). The arms are highlighted in the grid, and in the answers. The answer is BEARARMS.

Roll up one's sleeves, we hear, to show what all across answers do here (4,4)

Guardian Cryptic #29162 | 6 Across | 2023-08-30 flower

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