Faith in me shown by artistic lady (6)

I believe the answer is:

madame

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'artistic lady' is the definition.
'madame' can be an answer for 'lady' (synonyms). I'm not certain of the 'artistic' bit.

'faith in me' is the wordplay.
'faith' becomes 'adam' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'adam' going into 'me' is 'MADAME'.

'shown by' is the link.

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(Other definitions for madame that I've seen before include "Book by Flaubert" , "Proprietress of a brothel" , "Title for a Frenchwoman" , "A French-speaking woman" , "Married woman in Montpellier?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times.

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