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Endlessly questioned about investment in painting (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

grisaille

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'painting' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'endlessly questioned about investment' is the wordplay.
'endlessly questioned' becomes 'grille' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'investment' becomes 'isa' (Individual Savings Account).
'grille' enclosing 'isa' is 'GRISAILLE'.

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for grisaille that I've seen before include "piece not in colour" , "Grey monochrome painting" .)

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