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Awful traits of one creating a scene (6)

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I believe the answer is:

artist

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'one creating a scene' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'awful traits' is the wordplay.
'awful' is an anagram indicator.
'traits' anagrammed gives 'ARTIST'.

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for artist that I've seen before include "A painter, sculptor or other creative person" , "Painter in dire strait" , "Constable, perhaps" , "Old learned man" , "Painter, sculptor etc" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times and the Irish Times (Crosaire).
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