Sexual and genuine after breaking even (8)

I believe the answer is:

venereal

'sexual' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'genuine after breaking even' is the wordplay.
'genuine' becomes 'real' (associated in meaning).
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'breaking' indicates anagramming the letters (back).
'even' is an anagram of 'vene'.
'real' after 'vene' is 'VENEREAL'.

'and' is the link.

(Another definition for venereal that I've seen is " Of disease or infection from sexual promiscuity".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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