Said pin-up was out of work (4)
I believe the answer is:
idle
'out of work' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'said pin-up' is the wordplay.
'said' shows a homophone (sound like).
'pin-up' becomes 'idol' (I've seen this before).
'idol' is a homophone of 'IDLE'.
'was' is the link.
(Other definitions for idle that I've seen before include "Member of comedy team" , "Not doing much" , "'Lazy, not doing anything (4)'" , "jobless" , "Unoccupied (time); run (engine) slowly" .)