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Drawer once containing office PC? (4,9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

john constable

'drawer once' is the definition.
(artist 1776-1837, someone who drew)

'office pc?' is the wordplay.
'office' becomes 'john' (both can informally mean a toilet).
'pc?' becomes 'constable' (police constable).
'john'+'constable'='JOHN CONSTABLE'

'containing' is the link.

(Other definitions for john constable that I've seen before include "Haywain artist" , "English landscape painter, d. 1837" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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