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Artist representing Creole? Good (2,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

el greco

'artist' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'representing creole? good' is the wordplay.
'representing' indicates anagramming the letters (letters must be re-presented in a new way).
'good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'creole'+'g'='creoleg'
'creoleg' with letters rearranged gives 'EL GRECO'.

(Other definitions for el greco that I've seen before include "Crete-born Sp. painter" , "Spanish artist born in Crete" , "Sp. painter, born Domen- ikos Theotokopoulos" , "Domenikos Theotokopoulos" , "Famous painter's nickname" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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