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French painter of a piece of land in the outskirts of Surrey (6)

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sisley

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'french painter' is the definition.
'sisley' can be an answer for 'painter' (I've seen this before). I am not sure about the 'french' bit.

'a piece of land in the outskirts of surrey' is the wordplay.
'a piece of land' becomes 'isle' (I've seen this before).
'in the' is an insertion indicator.
'outskirts of' means to remove the middle letters (only letters on the outskirts).
'surrey' with its middle taken out is 'sy'.
'isle' inserted into 'sy' is 'SISLEY'.

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for sisley that I've seen before include "Impressionist painter of British nationality, d. 1899" , "French Impressionist painter of English descent, d. 1899" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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