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He makes a living from dirty pictures (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

restorer

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'he' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'a living from dirty pictures' is the wordplay.
'a living' becomes 'rest' (rest is a kind of living).
'from' becomes 'o' (I've seen this in other clues).
'dirty pictures' becomes 'rer' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'rest'+'o'+'rer'='RESTORER'

'makes' is the link.

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(Other definitions for restorer that I've seen before include "One makes good" , "One renovating (picture, furniture)" , "Furniture craftsman" , "(Picture) renovator" , "(Painting) renovator" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail and The Guardian.
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