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Painter of note on US phone in Program 1 (10)

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I believe the answer is:

botticelli

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

'of note on us phone in program 1' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is located in the answer.
'note' could be 'ti' (musical note, as in do re mi so fa la ti do) and 'ti' is found in the answer.
'program' could be 'c' (C program is an example) and 'c' is located in the answer.
'phone' could be 'tel' (short for telephone) and 'tel' is present in the remaining letters.
'1' could be 'i' (Roman numeral) and 'i' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for botticelli that I've seen before include "who painted?" , "Famous Italian" , "Italian painter of The Birth of Venus, d. 1510" , "Italian painter, 1445-1510" , "Florentine C fifteen-sixteen artist (Primavera)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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