Lease renewed to help the artist (5)

I believe the answer is:

easel

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'help the artist' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how one could define the other.

'lease renewed' is the wordplay.
'renewed' is an anagram indicator.
'lease' is an anagram of 'EASEL'.

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for easel that I've seen before include "Picture stand" , "Artistic tripod" , "board support" , "stand supporting artistic effort" , "Lease out the stand" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.

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