Portrayed someone academic and terribly idle (8)

I believe the answer is:

profiled

'portrayed' is the definition.

'someone academic and terribly idle' is the wordplay.
'someone academic' becomes 'prof'.
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'terribly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'idle' anagrammed gives 'iled'.
'prof'+'iled'='PROFILED'

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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