Hoarse artist meeting agent? (5)

I believe the answer is:

raspy

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

'artist meeting agent?' is the wordplay.
'artist' becomes 'RA' (Royal Academician, member of Royal Academy of Arts).
'meeting' says to put letters next to each other.
'agent?' becomes 'spy' (spy is a kind of agent).
'ra'+'spy'='RASPY'

(Another definition for raspy that I've seen is " Harsh, grating".)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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