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Name that is inspiring work of art? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

calliope

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'art?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'name that is inspiring work' is the wordplay.
'name' becomes 'callie' ().
'that is inspiring' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'work' becomes 'op' (common abbreviation for 'opus').
'callie' going around 'op' is 'CALLIOPE'.

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for calliope that I've seen before include "something powered by steam" , "One of the Muses" , "inspiration for poets" , "Greek Muse of eloquence and epic poetry, or a kind of organ" , "Steam organ: Muse of epic poetry" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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