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English artist shows age (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

era

'age' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'english artist' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'artist' becomes 'ra' (Royal Academician, member of Royal Academy of Arts).
'e'+'ra'='ERA'

'shows' is the link.

(Other definitions for era that I've seen before include "Series of years" , "Memorable period" , "Stage" , "Characteristic period" , "Aeon" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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