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One who's cut out to be an artist? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

etcher

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'artist?' is the definition.
(I know that etcher is a type of artist)

'one who's cut out' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'cut' could be 'etch' (I've seen this before) and 'etch' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'er' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'to be an' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for etcher that I've seen before include "Engraver" , "one may impress deeply" , "A designing individual" , "One sharply scores" , "One makes a deep impression" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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