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Letter by female artist at end of guide camp (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

effeminate

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

'letter by female artist at end of guide' is the wordplay.
'letter' becomes 'eff' (name for the letter F).
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'female artist' becomes 'emin' (British artist Tracey Emin).
'end of' suggests the final letters.
The final letter of 'guide' is 'e'.
'eff'+'emin'+'at'+'e'='EFFEMINATE'

(Other definitions for effeminate that I've seen before include "sissy?" , "camp" , "(Of a man) having female characteristics" , "Womanly" , "Acting like a woman" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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