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Nice draughtsman forgetting university in paper, postgraduate? (7)

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I believe the answer is:

matisse

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'nice draughtsman' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'forgetting university in paper postgraduate?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'paper' could be 'i' (the i is a UK newspaper) and 'i' is found within the answer.
'postgraduate?' could be 'ma' (Master of Arts is a postgraduate degree) and 'ma' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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