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Painter, say, with odd traits (6)

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I believe the answer is:

artist

'painter say' is the definition.
(painter is a kind of artist)

'odd traits' is the wordplay.
'odd' indicates anagramming the letters.
'traits' with letters rearranged gives 'ARTIST'.

'with' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for artist that I've seen before include "Skilful, imaginative, performer" , "Skilled person" , "Constable possibly" , "Expert" , "eg Monet" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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