The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 plus 6 letter word SITTING PRETTY
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result SITTING PRETTY
- Portrait session with painter holding couple in good position
- Having nothing to worry about, / like a model in more ways than one?
- Well-placed? Rather, after session
- Two things an attractive model should be, in advantageous position
- Tip — try setting. It could make you well-off?!
- Smart about appeal, fairly well placed
- Successful model might be doing this
- In office, reasonably well placed
- In police trap, the object’s fairly well placed
- Rich, as painter’s lovely model could be?
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The straight part
We know that "Successful model might be doing this" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case successful model might be doing this = sitting pretty.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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