Bit of a clever Dick, this composer? (5)

I believe the answer is:

verdi

'composer?' is the definition.
(Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi)

'bit of a clever dick this' is the wordplay.
'bit of' indicates a hidden word.
'VERDI' can be found hidden inside 'clever dick this'.

(Other definitions for verdi that I've seen before include "Opera producer" , "Il trovatore composer" , "Diver became a strange composer" , "Composer of the operas Macbeth, Falstaff" , "Italian operatic composer" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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