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Painting - after drink artist goes to it (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

portrait

'painting' is the definition.
(portrait is a kind of painting)

'drink artist goes to it' is the wordplay.
'drink' becomes 'port' (port is a kind of drink**).
'artist' becomes 'ra' (Royal Academician, member of Royal Academy of Arts).
'goes to' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'port'+'ra'+'it'='PORTRAIT'

'after' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for portrait that I've seen before include "One picture" , "Painted likeness of a person" , "Image of a person" , "(Person's) painting" , "Type of painting" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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