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Art finalist took in gallery (4)

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I believe the answer is:

tate

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'gallery' is the definition.
(Tate Modern, Tate Britain etc)

'art finalist took' is the wordplay.
'art finalist' becomes 't' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'took' becomes 'ate' (eating is a kind of taking).
't'+'ate'='TATE'

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for tate that I've seen before include "he backed Sugar Cube" , "Sugar merchant and art gallery philanthropist, founder, d. 1899" , "Name of two London galleries" , "Sugar refiner and art gallery founder, d. 1899" , "Art Gallery donor" .)

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