The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word VERMEER
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result VERMEER
- Sudden change of opinion about English marine artist
- Revere bust bringing in millions for artist
- Discover me erotically embracing painter
- Discover me erotically hugging old artist
- Painter gives extremely detailed subject of self-portrait to sovereign
- Minister upset as Queen is seen with the writer and painter
- Always following most of the pests
- Artist‘s turn to cover Queen music’s opening
- Extremely short pool master
- Holding mass, revere abstract Dutch painter
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 = vermeer.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.