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Dali perhaps not unknown among county celebs (10)

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I believe the answer is:

surrealist

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'dali' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'county celebs' is the wordplay.
'county' becomes 'surre' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'celebs' becomes 'a list' (I have seen 'Top celebs' mean 'a list' so perhaps 'celebs' could also mean 'a list').
'surre'+'alist'='SURREALIST'

'perhaps not unknown among' is the link.
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(Other definitions for surrealist that I've seen before include "Dali or Magritte, for example" , "Avant-garde artist" , "Breton, say" , "Magritte perhaps" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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