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Artiste with the stomach for it (5,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

belly dancer

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'artiste' is the definition.
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'with the stomach for it' is the wordplay.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'the stomach' becomes 'belly' (synonyms).
'for it' becomes 'dancer' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'belly'+'dancer' is 'BELLY-DANCER'.

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(Other definitions for belly dancer that I've seen before include "Exotic Middle Eastern performer" , "Performing gyrator of the tummy" , "manoeuvring needed for such?" , "Female performer" , "Middle Eastern entertainer" .)

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