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A craftsman pictures some nuisances (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

artisan

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'a craftsman' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'pictures some nuisances' is the wordplay.
'pictures' becomes 'arti' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'some' means to look at the middle letters.
The central letters of 'nuisances' are 'san'.
'arti'+'san'='ARTISAN'

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(Other definitions for artisan that I've seen before include "Egypt peninsula; holy Mount" , "Skilled tradesman" , "Skilled worker by hand" , "Crafty sort" , "man with skill" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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