Artist's short name for a holy terror (6)
I believe the answer is:
rascal
'a holy terror' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'artist's short name' is the wordplay.
'artist's' becomes 'ras' (Royal Academician's abbreviation).
'short' means to remove the last letter.
'name' becomes 'call' (a name is a call-sign).
'call' with its last letter taken away is 'cal'.
'ras'+'cal'='RASCAL'
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for rascal that I've seen before include "A scoundrel or scamp" , "Cad" , "Scoundrel or mischievous child" , "Scallywag" , "Rogue or cheeky child" .)