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Famous metalworker and I put in small room with nickel (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cellini

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'famous metalworker' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'i put in small room with nickel' is the wordplay.
'put in' is an insertion indicator.
'small room' becomes 'cell' (eg a prison cell).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'nickel' becomes 'Ni' (Ni is the chemical symbol for nickel).
'cell'+'ni'='cellni'
'i' inserted inside 'cellni' is 'CELLINI'.

'and' is the link.

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(Other definitions for cellini that I've seen before include "Benvenuto -, Sixteenth century Italian goldsmith, sculptor" , "Benvenuto -, It. C 16 goldsmith, sculptor" , "Italian artist" , "Benvenuto -, sixteenth century Italian goldsmith/sculptor" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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