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All right for artist to have vegetable (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

okra

'vegetable' is the definition.
(okra is a kind of vegetable)

'all right for artist' is the wordplay.
'all right' becomes 'ok' ('ok' can be a synonym of 'all right').
'for' says to put letters next to each other.
'artist' becomes 'ra' (Royal Academician, member of Royal Academy of Arts).
'ok'+'ra'='OKRA'

'to have' is the link.

(Other definitions for okra that I've seen before include "Ladies' fingers with edible pods" , "vegetable soup ingredient" , "Bhindi in Ind. cookery" , "Green pods, in stews" , "Lady's fingers; gumbo; bhindi" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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