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Mae West's sheepish part in film is seen (6)

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I believe the answer is:

viewed

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'is seen' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'mae west's sheepish part in film' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'part' could be 'view' (view is a kind of part) and 'view' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'ed' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for viewed that I've seen before include "Looked at, inspected" , "Saw" , "Observed" , "Considered or deemed to be" , "Considered or looked at" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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