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Designer given a degree for artistic work (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

diorama

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'artistic work' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'designer given a degree' is the wordplay.
'designer' becomes 'dior' (dior is a designer brand).
'given' says to put letters next to each other.
'degree' becomes 'MA' (Master of Arts is a type of degree).
'dior'+'a'+'ma'='DIORAMA'

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for diorama that I've seen before include "Exhibition" , "museum feature" , "model of the set" , "Three-dimensional series of pictures representing a scene" , "Three-D scenic model" .)

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