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Artist cheers rubbish noise made by rapper (3-1-3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rat-a-tat

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'noise made by rapper' is the definition.
'rat-a-tat' can be an answer for 'noise' (I have seen 'Noise of knocking ' mean 'rat-a-tat' so perhaps 'noise' could also mean 'rat-a-tat'). I'm not sure about the 'made by rapper' bit.

'artist cheers rubbish' is the wordplay.
'artist' becomes 'RA' (Royal Academician, member of Royal Academy of Arts).
'cheers' becomes 'ta' (both can mean thank you).
'rubbish' becomes 'tat' (tat can mean rubbish or poor-quality material).
'ra'+'ta'+'tat'='RAT-A-TAT'

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(Other definitions for rat-a-tat that I've seen before include "Noise of knocking" , "Rapping sound" , "Knocking sound" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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