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Clear line in drawing (5)

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I believe the answer is:

plain

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'clear' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'line in drawing' is the wordplay.
'line' becomes 'l' (used when specifying particular lines from a poem).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'drawing' becomes 'pain' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'l' placed inside 'pain' is 'PLAIN'.

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(Other definitions for plain that I've seen before include "lacking special beauty" , "Simple, unadorned" , "Unadorned on flat area" , "Obvious - ordinary" , "Not complicated" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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