Go with coda in novel - it's Portrait of a Lady (8)

I believe the answer is:

gioconda

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'portrait of a lady' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'go with coda in novel' is the wordplay.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'novel' is an anagram indicator (letters in a new or novel order).
'coda'+'in'='codain'
'go' after 'codain' is 'codaingo'.
'codaingo' with letters rearranged gives 'GIOCONDA'.

'it's' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for gioconda that I've seen is " Portrait more commonly called 'Mona Lisa'".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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