The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word ETTY
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More clues leading to the result ETTY
- Dropping head, insignificant English artist
- Artist encountered in street, typically
- One that painted pair leaving fair
- Girl takes top off for painter
- Frank Spencer’s wife loses head for artist
- Elizabeth’s heading off to become an artist
- Artist extremely threatening to yesterday’s leaders
- 19th-century painter — not the first for modern art collector
- d Painter Jack’s fallen of the pier
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "Artist" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case artist = etty.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.