Beauty Editor sacked after an acid test (9)
I believe the answer is:
aphrodite
'beauty' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'editor sacked after an acid test' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
an anagram of 'editor' is 'rodite' which is within the answer.
'an' could be 'a' and 'a' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for aphrodite that I've seen before include "Atrophied (anag.)" , "Atrophied like Greek goddess of love" , "Greek version of Roman Venus" , "got Paris's approval" , "Greek goddess of love, like Rome's Venus" .)