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Artist in comeback managed act with lion (8)

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I believe the answer is:

leonardo

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'lion' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'artist in comeback managed act' is the wordplay.
'artist in' becomes 'leo' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'comeback' is a reversal indicator.
'managed' becomes 'ran' (I've seen this before).
'act' becomes 'do' (I've seen this in other clues).
'ran' back-to-front is 'nar'.
'leo'+'nar'+'do'='LEONARDO'

'with' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for leonardo that I've seen before include "-- di Caprio, actor" , "So-called code" , "Great painter of the Mona Lisa, . . . . . . . . da Vinci" , "Renaissance man" , "Da Vinci and DiCaprio" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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