Bondone! Try going round ten times! (6)

I believe the answer is:

giotto

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'bondone' is the definition.
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'try going round ten times' is the wordplay.
'try' becomes 'go' (both can mean an attempt).
'going round' indicates putting letters inside (some letters go around others).
'ten' becomes 'IO' (IO resembles 10).
'times' becomes 'tt' (an abbreviation for time written twice).
'io'+'tt'='iott'
'go' enclosing 'iott' is 'GIOTTO'.

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(Other definitions for giotto that I've seen before include "C14 Florentine frescoist" , "Italian artist" , "- di Bondone, C 14 Florentine artist" , "Italian painter, 1267-1337" , "Fourteenth century Florentine artist" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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