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Illustrations of rook pair in Noah’s ship (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

artwork

'illustrations' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'rook pair in noah's ship' is the wordplay.
'rook' becomes 'R' (chess abbreviation).
'pair' becomes 'two' (a pair means two of something).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'noah's ship' becomes 'ark' (Noah's ark in the Bible).
'r'+'two'='rtwo'
'rtwo' put inside 'ark' is 'ARTWORK'.

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for artwork that I've seen before include "Graphics" , "Illustrations in book" , "Illustrative material in publication" , "Illustrations prepared for a publication" , "Illustrations and designs for printing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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