Circle and lines artist arranged for some language experts (12)
I believe the answer is:
orientalists
'some language experts' is the definition.
'orientalists' can be an answer for 'experts' (orientalist is a kind of expert). I'm unsure of the 'some language' bit.
'circle and lines artist arranged' is the wordplay.
'circle' becomes 'O' (O is a circle).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'arranged' is an anagram indicator (letters rearranged).
'lines'+'artist'='linesartist'
'linesartist' is an anagram of 'rientalists'.
'o'+'rientalists'='ORIENTALISTS'
'for' acts as a link.
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