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Banker's paintings discovered (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ural

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'banker's' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'paintings discovered' is the wordplay.
'paintings' becomes 'murals' (mural is a kind of painting).
'discovered' says to take the centre (dis-covered - outer letters removed).
The middle letters of 'murals' are 'URAL'.

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(Other definitions for ural that I've seen before include "Russian river, rising in the mountains between Europe and Asia" , "Europe/Asia river" , "Russian river giving name to mountains" , "River of central Russia" , "Runner" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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