Courtier is upset with me having beauty not brains (12)

I believe the answer is:

meretricious

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'beauty not brains' is the definition.
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'courtier is upset with me' is the wordplay.
'upset with' is an anagram indicator.
'courtier'+'is'='courtieris'
'courtieris' mixed up with 'me' can make 'MERETRICIOUS'.

'having' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for meretricious that I've seen before include "Flashy" , "Showy" , "Courier-Times (anag) - tacky" , "Superficially attractive but worthless" , "showily attractive" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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