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Uncensored photo catching face of lothario in withdrawal (8)

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I believe the answer is:

explicit

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'uncensored' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'photo catching face of lothario in withdrawal' is the wordplay.
'photo' becomes 'pic' (short for picture).
'catching' indicates putting letters inside.
'face of' indicates taking the first letters.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'withdrawal' becomes 'exit' (I've seen this before).
The first letter of 'lothario' is 'l'.
'pic' going around 'l' is 'plic'.
'plic' inserted into 'exit' is 'EXPLICIT'.

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(Other definitions for explicit that I've seen before include "Graphic" , "Unambiguous" , "Clear and without reservation" , "Clearly depicted" , "Clearly shown or stated" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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