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Nutty product of police officer and artist (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

copra

'nutty product' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'police officer and artist' is the wordplay.
'police officer' becomes 'cop' (cop is a kind of police officer).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'artist' becomes 'RA' (Royal Academician, member of Royal Academy of Arts).
'cop'+'ra'='COPRA'

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for copra that I've seen before include "bit of a nut" , "Dried coconut meat" , "Dried cocoa-nut kernels, source of oil" , "source of oils" , "Dried coconut kernels" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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