Artist moved statue around in flood (8)
I believe the answer is:
saturate
'flood' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'artist moved statue around' is the wordplay.
'artist' becomes 'RA' (Royal Academician, member of Royal Academy of Arts).
'moved' indicates anagramming the letters.
'around' indicates putting letters inside.
'statue' is an anagram of 'satute'.
'ra' placed inside 'satute' is 'SATURATE'.
'in' is the link.
(Other definitions for saturate that I've seen before include "Oversupply" , "Use attar to make thoroughly wet" , "Drench thoroughly, soak" , "Infuse or fill completely" , "flood" .)