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Like a superficial knowledge of art? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sketchy

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'like a superficial knowledge of art?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'like a superficial knowledge of art?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'like' could be 'y' (similar in meaning) and 'y' is located in the answer.
'art?' could be 'sketch' (sketch is a kind of art) and 'sketch' is located in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for sketchy that I've seen before include "Cursory" , "Not thorough or detailed" , "Superficial" , "Incomplete; rough" , "lacking detail" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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