Lust she isn’t distributing - just a bit of slovenly debauchery? (12)
I believe the answer is:
sluttishness
'slovenly debauchery?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how they can define each other.
'lust she isn't distributing just a bit' is the wordplay.
'distributing' indicates anagramming the letters.
'just a bit' becomes 's' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'lust'+'she'+'isnt'='lustsheisnt'
'lustsheisnt' anagrammed gives 'sluttishnes'.
'sluttishnes'+'s'='SLUTTISHNESS'
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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