Lascivious Tory mug, I sense (12)
I believe the answer is:
concupiscent
'lascivious' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'tory mug i sense' is the wordplay.
'tory' becomes 'con' (abbreviation for Conservative).
'mug' becomes 'cup'.
'sense' becomes 'scent' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'con'+'cup'+'i'+'scent'='CONCUPISCENT'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for concupiscent that I've seen is " lustful".)
I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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