Artist one criminal attacks violently (5,4)

I believe the answer is:

tears into

'attacks violently' is the definition.
(to tear into someone is to attack them)

'artist one criminal' is the wordplay.
'criminal' is an anagram indicator.
'artist'+'one'='artistone'
'artistone' anagrammed gives 'TEARS INTO'.

(Another definition for tears into that I've seen is " attacks".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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