Lousy artist one attacks (5,4)

I believe the answer is:

tears into

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

'lousy artist one' is the wordplay.
'lousy' is an anagram indicator.
'artist'+'one'='artistone'
'artistone' is an anagram of 'TEARS INTO'.

(Another definition for tears into that I've seen is " attacks".)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.

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