The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word ARTISTRY
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result ARTISTRY
- Skill of a king — is taking time in effort
- Go after model, painter backing his ability?
- Creative skill from excited star, I hear
- Sitar playing – hear genius
- Genius Paul’s partner is shot
- Skill shown, I start to weave line
- One’s enthralled by subject in school essay that shows creativity
- Stair repaired with effort and great skill
- Creative skill is put into middle section of smarter essay
- Stalwart is trying to show great skill
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The straight part
We know that "Bacon’s quality" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case bacon’s quality = artistry.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.
What does ARTISTRY mean?
ARTISTRY noun- Significant artistic skill.