The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word RUBENS
I've seen this crossword clue in The Sunday Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result RUBENS
- Artist texted: “Are you the one whose catch removed Andile P?”
- To some extent cherub enslaved this artist
- Painter gets redness occasionally after massage
- Happen to break rules as an artist
- Sounds like a son of Israel’s an artist
- Dashes to embrace live artist
- Sport, live, with partners
- Artist once game to conquer mountains
- Old master manages to swallow half of beer
- Manages to rope in live artist
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "Old master" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case old master = rubens.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.