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Painting of Manila so contrived! (4,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mona lisa

'painting' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'manila so contrived' is the wordplay.
'contrived' indicates anagramming the letters.
'manila'+'so'='manilaso'
'manilaso' with letters rearranged gives 'MONA LISA'.

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for mona lisa that I've seen before include "Leonardo da Vinci's painting of enigmatic woman" , "Famous painting of enigmatic woman by de Vinci" , "Da Vinci's famous painting of an enigmatic woman" , "Fertiliser from seabirds" , "Famous painting of enigmatic woman by daVinci" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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