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She gets her share, that is, of masculine attention (5)

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I believe the answer is:

cutie

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'masculine attention' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'she gets her share that is' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'share' could be 'cut' (cut is a kind of share) and 'cut' is located in the answer.
'that is' could be 'ie' (short for Latin 'id est', 'that is') and 'ie' is found in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for cutie that I've seen before include "lovely" , "Smart female" , "Appealing young lady" , "considered by most to be attractive" , "Attractive person or animal" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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