Fine stroke-maker caught behind by player, not stumped (10)
I believe the answer is:
botticelli
'fine' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
I don't understand how the remainder of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for botticelli that I've seen before include "Italian painter, 1445-1510" , "Florentine C fifteen-sixteen artist (Primavera)" , "who painted?" , "Famous Italian" , "Italian painter of The Birth of Venus, d. 1510" .)