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Botticelli depicted her with a heavenly body (5)

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venus

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'heavenly body' is the definition.
(Venus is an example)

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(Other definitions for venus that I've seen before include "The embodiment of Love" , "our Neighbour" , "Roman counterpart of Aphrodite" , "Evening star" , "Solar system planet" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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