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Degas perhaps broken by conflict with key enigmatic man (6,5)

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I believe the answer is:

edward elgar

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'enigmatic man' is the definition.
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'degas perhaps broken by conflict with key' is the wordplay.
'degas perhaps' becomes 'edgar' (I've seen this in another clue. I am not sure about the 'perhaps' bit.).
'broken by' is an insertion indicator (inserted letters break into the word).
'conflict' becomes 'war' (war is a kind of conflict).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'key' becomes 'del' (Delete on a keyboard).
'war'+'del'='wardel'
'edgar' enclosing 'wardel' is 'EDWARD ELGAR'.

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(Another definition for edward elgar that I've seen is " British composer of "Enigma Variations"".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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