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Art engaged for a time in subject of bard's work (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tempest

'subject of bard's work' is the definition.
(subject of The Tempest)

'art engaged for a time' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'time' could be 'est' (EST is an example) and 'est' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'temp' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for tempest that I've seen before include "commotion" , "violent agitation" , "Test MEP (anag.)" , "A turbulent storm of wind and rain" , "Big blow" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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