### Clue: Become more relaxed when no longer criticised, we hear (6)
### Answer: EXPAND 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Become more relaxed
  **Homophone of**(we hear) of "ex-"(no longer, as in your "ex-wife") "panned"(criticised, eg. by a film/play reviewer). 
Answer: To become more relaxed,talkative,effusive.  Root word for the more familiar adjective "expansive".