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Designer of bow affected by shocking treatment (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

architect

'designer' is the definition.
('architect' can be a synonym of 'designer')

'bow affected by shocking treatment' is the wordplay.
'bow' becomes 'arc' ('arc' can be a synonym of 'bow').
'affected by' becomes 'hit'.
'shocking treatment' becomes 'ect' (electro-convulsive therapy).
'arc'+'hit'+'ect'='ARCHITECT'

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for architect that I've seen before include "professional" , "Designer of buildings" , "Wren perhaps" , "Building designer" , "Author" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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