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She has a line in licentious art (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rita

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'she' is the definition.

'a line in licentious art' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'a' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'rit' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'has' is the link.

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(Other definitions for rita that I've seen before include "-- Hayworth, US film actress" , "The Beatles' lovely girl" , "...Hayworth, ...Coolidge, ... ''Educating ...''" , "subject of education" , "Educating - - , film" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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