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Rubber lips for notable work by Magritte, say (8)

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I believe the answer is:

neoprene

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'rubber lips' is the definition.
'neoprene' can be an answer for 'rubber' (I've seen this before). I am not sure about the 'lips' bit.

'notable work by magritte say' is the wordplay.
'notable' becomes 'ne' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'work' becomes 'op' (abbreviation for opus).
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'magritte say' becomes 'Rene' (artist Rene Magritte).
'ne'+'op'+'rene'='NEOPRENE'

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for neoprene that I've seen before include "Synthetic like rubber" , "Synthetic rubber-like polymer" , "Synthetic polymer; none peer (anag.)" , "Synthetic rubber - ne'er open (anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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