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Continue speaking with an artist, getting final word? (8)

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I believe the answer is:

sayonara

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'final word?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'continue speaking with an artist getting' is the wordplay.
'continue speaking with' becomes 'sayon' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'an' becomes 'a'.
'artist' becomes 'RA' (Royal Academician, member of Royal Academy of Arts).
'getting' says to put letters next to each other.
'sayon'+'a'+'ra'='SAYONARA'

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(Other definitions for sayonara that I've seen before include "Japanese valediction" , "So long" , "Japanese goodbye" , "Goodbye or farewell in Japan" , "Goodbye (Jap.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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