Bacon as artist cleared sketches framing the woman (7)
I believe the answer is:
rashers
'bacon as' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'artist cleared sketches framing the woman' is the wordplay.
'artist' becomes 'ra' (Royal Academician, member of Royal Academy of Arts).
'cleared sketches' becomes 'ss' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'framing' indicates putting letters inside.
'the woman' becomes 'her'.
'ss' enclosing 'her' is 'shers'.
'ra'+'shers'='RASHERS'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for rashers that I've seen before include "Thin slices of bacon" , "Meat slices" , "Tasty strips of bacon" , "eaten at breakfast" .)