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English artist who can decorate cakes (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

piper

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'english artist' is the definition.
(I know that Piper was a english artist)

'decorate cakes' is the wordplay.
'decorate' becomes 'pipe' (piping is a kind of decorating).
'cakes' becomes 'r' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'pipe'+'r'='PIPER'

'who can' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for piper that I've seen before include "English painter and stained glass designer, d. 1992" , "Scots musician" , "who puffs out his cheeks?" , "He who pays him, calls the tune" , "oil and gas field" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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