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Lively artist gets one planning (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

strategist

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'one planning' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'lively artist gets' is the wordplay.
'lively' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen this in other clues).
'artist'+'gets'='artistgets'
'artistgets' with letters rearranged gives 'STRATEGIST'.

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(Other definitions for strategist that I've seen before include "general" , "Long-term planner" , "Expert on the art of planning war" .)

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