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Note copy artists primarily draw for tourists (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mecca

'draw for tourists' is the definition.
(Saudi Arabian tourist destination)

'note copy artists primarily' is the wordplay.
'note' becomes 'me' (musical note as in do-re-me).
'copy' becomes 'cc' (short for carbon copy).
'primarily' says to take the initial letters.
The first letter of 'artists' is 'a'.
'me'+'cc'+'a'='MECCA'

(Other definitions for mecca that I've seen before include "place with devoted visitors" , "Pilgrimage destination" , "City in Saudi Arabia, chief place of Muslim pilgrimage" , "Islam's holiest city" , "place for pilgrims" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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