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Local police penning poem about pretty vapid figure (6,4)

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barbie doll

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'pretty vapid figure' is the definition.
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'local police penning poem' is the wordplay.
'local' becomes 'bar' (local can mean someone's local pub).
'police' becomes 'bill' (informal term for UK police).
'penning' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'poem' becomes 'edo' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'bill' going around 'edo' is 'biedoll'.
'bar'+'biedoll'='BARBIE DOLL'

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(Other definitions for barbie doll that I've seen before include "Artificial and attractive woman" , "Glamorous toy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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