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Primarily: movie actress expressing witty enticements (singer, too!) (3,4)

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I believe the answer is:

mae west

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'primarily movie actress expressing witty enticements singer too' is the definition.
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'primarily movie actress expressing witty enticements singer too' is the wordplay.
'primarily' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letters of 'movie actress expressing witty enticements singer too' is 'MAE WEST'.

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(Other definitions for mae west that I've seen before include "Ex-player" , "life-saver" , "buoyancy aid when dipping" , "I acted" , "WW2 inflatable life jacket" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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