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Recommendation of American director with immoral habit (6)

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I believe the answer is:

advice

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

'american director with immoral habit' is the wordplay.
'american' becomes 'a' (common abbreviation - e.g. in organisation names).
'director' becomes 'd' (abbreviation eg in film reviews).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'immoral habit' becomes 'vice' (I have seen 'Bad habit' mean 'vice' so perhaps 'habit' could also mean 'vice'. I am not sure about the 'immoral' bit.).
'a'+'d'+'vice'='ADVICE'

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for advice that I've seen before include "Supposed words of wisdom" , "Formal notice" , "Intelligence" , "Suggestion for appropriate course of action" , "Supposedly wise words" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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