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Delacroix shows some European DNA (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eugene

'delacroix' is the definition.
(French artist Eugne Delacroix, 1798-1863)

'some european dna' is the wordplay.
'some european' becomes 'EU' (European Union).
'dna' becomes 'gene' (genes are made up of DNA).
'eu'+'gene'='EUGENE'

'shows' is the link.

(Other definitions for eugene that I've seen before include "- Onegin (Pushkin)" , "- - Onedin" , "Great American playwright . . . . . . O'Neill" , "opera, but only first half" , ". . . . . . Onegin (Tchaikovsky) (6)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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