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A girl superstar full of sex-appeal (5)

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I believe the answer is:

susan

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'a girl' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'superstar full of sex-appeal' is the wordplay.
'superstar' becomes 'sun' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'full of' is an insertion indicator.
'sex appeal' becomes 'sa'.
'sun' placed around 'sa' is 'SUSAN'.

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(Other definitions for susan that I've seen before include "woman" , "- - Sarandon (films)" , "When lazy, she's a revolving tray on a dining table" , "-- Howatch, novelist" , "female" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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