Pavement artist to have sex nearly always (8)

I believe the answer is:

screever

'pavement artist' is the definition.
(screever can mean someone who draws on pavements)

'have sex nearly always' is the wordplay.
'have sex' becomes 'screw' (synonyms).
'nearly' means to remove the last letter.
'always' becomes 'ever' (synonyms).
'screw' with its last letter removed is 'scre'.
'scre'+'ever'='SCREEVER'

'to' is the link.

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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