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Lustful Sarah, with Bill, promises to pay (9)

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I believe the answer is:

salacious

'lustful' is the definition.
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'sarah with bill promises to pay' is the wordplay.
'sarah' becomes 'sal' (Sally is a common pet form of Sarah).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'bill' becomes 'ac'.
'promises to pay' becomes 'ious' (more than one iou).
'sal'+'ac'+'ious'='SALACIOUS'

(Other definitions for salacious that I've seen before include "Lewd" , "Arousing lustful feelings" , "Steamy" , "Arousing lustful thoughts" , "Prurient, bawdy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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