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Conceptual artist put tea in ditch (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

duchamp

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'conceptual artist' is the definition.
'duchamp' can be an answer for 'artist' (French artist Marcel Duchamp). I am unsure of the 'conceptual' bit.

'tea in ditch' is the wordplay.
'tea' becomes 'cha' (cha is a type of tea).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'ditch' becomes 'dump' (I've seen this before).
'cha' placed within 'dump' is 'DUCHAMP'.

'put' is the link.

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(Other definitions for duchamp that I've seen before include "Marcel --, French artist" , "French-born artist" , "US artist" , "US painter" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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