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Popular study probing pink shade of body? Definitely not (11)

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I believe the answer is:

incorporeal

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'body? definitely not' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'popular study probing pink shade' is the wordplay.
'popular' becomes 'in' ('in' can mean trendy).
'study' becomes 'pore' (I've seen this in another clue).
'probing' means one lot of letters goes inside another (probe can mean to poke or prod into).
'pink shade' becomes 'coral' (I've seen this in another clue).
'pore' going into 'coral' is 'corporeal'.
'in'+'corporeal'='INCORPOREAL'

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for incorporeal that I've seen before include "Nor composed of matter" , "Spiritual" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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