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Artisan’s qualification and child (5)

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mason

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'artisan's' is the definition.
(mason is a kind of artisan)

'qualification and child' is the wordplay.
'qualification' becomes 'ma' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'child' becomes 'son' (male child).
'ma'+'son'='MASON'

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(Other definitions for mason that I've seen before include "member of charitable society" , "Stone carver" , "Dresser" , "A worker in stone - may be free" , "He works with stone - may be free" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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