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Artist depicted clouds (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

strati

'clouds' is the definition.
(stratus is a kind of cloud)

'artist depicted' is the wordplay.
'depicted' indicates anagramming the letters (letters presented or depicted in a new form).
'artist' with letters rearranged gives 'STRATI'.

(Another definition for strati that I've seen is " Grey layer clouds".)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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