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Ladylike artist, excellent frames (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

feminine

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'ladylike artist excellent frames' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'ladylike artist excellent frames' is the wordplay.
'ladylike artist' becomes 'emin' (British artist Tracey Emin. I am not sure about the 'ladylike' bit.).
'excellent' becomes 'fine' (synonyms).
'frames' means one lot of letters goes inside another (outside letters frame the inside letters).
'emin' inserted into 'fine' is 'FEMININE'.

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(Other definitions for feminine that I've seen before include "Woman's" , "Womanly" , "Opposite of masculine" , "Like women" , "Womanlike" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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