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Artist demanding sliced pork strips (5)

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bacon

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'artist' is the definition.
(painter Francis Bacon)

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(Other definitions for bacon that I've seen before include "Writer of essays" , "Processed pig-meat" , "sizzler" , "Food that can be streaky" , "Author" .)

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