Artist taking ages, perhaps, to get to Land's End (5)
I believe the answer is:
degas
'artist' is the definition.
(painter Edgar Degas)
'ages perhaps to get to land's end' is the wordplay.
'perhaps' is an anagram indicator.
'to get' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'to land's end' becomes 'd' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'ages' with letters rearranged gives 'egas'.
'egas' going around 'd' is 'DEGAS'.
'taking' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for degas that I've seen before include "Edgar -, Fr. artist" , "Edgar --, French artist" , "Edgar -, French impressionist" , "French artist known for his ballet scenes, d.1917" , "Edgar --, French painter and sculptor" .)