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Miss tea break for artist (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

matisse

'for artist' is the definition.
(Henri Matisse, 1869-1954, French artist)

'miss tea break' is the wordplay.
'break' indicates anagramming the letters.
'miss'+'tea'='misstea'
'misstea' is an anagram of 'MATISSE'.

(Other definitions for matisse that I've seen before include "French painter, d. 1954" , "Henri --, French artist" , "Henri -, Fr. artist" , "Henri -, C twenty Fr. painter, sculptor, illustrator" , "French painter, Henri, d.1954" .)

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