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Newspaper in hand featuring artist (6)

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I believe the answer is:

herald

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'newspaper' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Scottish newspaper ' mean 'herald' so perhaps 'newspaper' could also mean 'herald')

'hand featuring artist' is the wordplay.
'hand' becomes 'held' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'featuring' indicates putting letters inside.
'artist' becomes 'RA' (Royal Academician, member of Royal Academy of Arts).
'held' enclosing 'ra' is 'HERALD'.

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for herald that I've seen before include "Presage for old announcer" , "One making proclamations - harbinger" , "Harbinger, precursor" , "Person who announces important news" , "Harbinger, messenger" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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