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Artist's material for sculpting picked up (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

klee

'artist's' is the definition.
(painter Paul Klee, 1879-1940)

'material for sculpting picked up' is the wordplay.
'material for sculpting' becomes 'clay' (a sculptor may use clay).
'picked up' shows a homophone (sound like).
'clay' sounds like 'KLEE'.

(Other definitions for klee that I've seen before include "Auction offerer" , "Paul ---, Swiss artist" , "Paul --, Swiss surrealist" , "Paul - - , Swiss painter" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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