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Artist is inspired by shock review (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

appraisal

'review' is the definition.

'artist is inspired by shock' is the wordplay.
'artist' becomes 'RA' (Royal Academician, member of Royal Academy of Arts).
'inspired by' indicates putting letters inside (some letters breathed in or 'inspired' by others).
'shock' becomes 'appal' (synonyms).
'ra'+'is'='rais'
'rais' going inside 'appal' is 'APPRAISAL'.

(Other definitions for appraisal that I've seen before include "rating" , "judgment" , "valuation" , "judgement" , "Formal assessment of an employee's performance" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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