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Star still having all-round appeal (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spica

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'star' is the definition.
(I know that Spica is a star)

'still having all-round appeal' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'still' could be 'pic' (short for picture) and 'pic' is found in the answer.
'appeal' could be 'sa' (old-fashioned abbreviation for sex appeal) and 'sa' is present in the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for spica that I've seen before include "Virgo's brightest star" , "Bright star" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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