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Wife's getting frisky with actor on Peaky — not a good one (1,5,5,2,4)

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I believe the answer is:

a nasty piece of work

'not a good one' is the definition.

'wife's getting frisky with actor on peaky' is the wordplay.
'getting frisky with' indicates an anagram.
'actor'+'on'+'peaky'='actoronpeaky'
'wifes' anagrammed with 'actoronpeaky' gives 'A NASTY PIECE OF WORK'.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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