Cryptic crossword clue
Men feature in virgin's paintings 11

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 11 letter word PORTRAITURE

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The straight part
We know that "paintings" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case paintings = portraiture.
The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.
This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does PORTRAITURE mean?

PORTRAITURE noun
  1. A portrait; a likeness; a painted resemblance; hence, that which is copied from some example or model.
  2. The art of painting or photographing portraits.
  3. A portrait (or portraits considered as a group).

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