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Georgia has only a year to become a painter (4)

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I believe the answer is:

goya

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'a painter' is the definition.
(Spanish painter Francisco Goya)

'georgia has only a year' is the wordplay.
'georgia' becomes 'GA' (abbreviation for the US state).
'has' is an insertion indicator.
'only' becomes 'o' (this might be a standard abbreviation of which I'm unaware).
'a year' becomes 'y'.
'o'+'y'='oy'
'ga' enclosing 'oy' is 'GOYA'.

'to become' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for goya that I've seen before include "Great Spanish painter who depicted horrors of war" , "Francesco de ---, Sp. court painter" , "Spanish painter (Los Caprichos)" , "Francisco de ---- (1746-1828), Spanish painter of portraits" , "his etchings?" .)

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