French are encountering singer, Dutch artist (6)

I believe the answer is:

escher

'dutch artist' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'french are encountering singer' is the wordplay.
'french are' becomes 'es' ('are' in French).
'encountering' says to put letters next to each other.
'singer' becomes 'cher' (Cher is a US musician).
'es'+'cher'='ESCHER'

(Another definition for escher that I've seen is " M. C. --, Dutch graphic artist".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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