Rue eroticism that’s deviant and only superficially attractive (12)
I believe the answer is:
meretricious
'superficially attractive' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'rue eroticism that's deviant' is the wordplay.
'that's deviant' is an anagram indicator.
'rue'+'eroticism'='rueeroticism'
'rueeroticism' with letters rearranged gives 'MERETRICIOUS'.
'and only' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for meretricious that I've seen before include "Flashy" , "Tawdry" , "showily attractive" , "Showy" , "Courier-Times (anag) - tacky" .)