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Painter of a human extra-terrestrial! (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

manet

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

'a human extra-terrestrial' is the wordplay.
'a human' becomes 'man' ('man' can be a synonym of 'human').
'extra terrestrial' becomes 'et' (abbreviation - like in the famous m98a movie).
'man'+'et'='MANET'

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for manet that I've seen before include "artistic individual" , "French painter" , "Edouard -- (artist)" , "Painter of Le Dejeuner sur l'herbe, d. 1883" , "Edouard - - (painter)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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