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Picture maker turned up with Academician (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

camera

'picture maker' is the definition.

'turned up with academician' is the wordplay.
'turned up' becomes 'came'.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'academician' becomes 'ra'.
'came'+'ra'='CAMERA'

(Other definitions for camera that I've seen before include "Brownie possibly" , "shooter" , "Way of making pictures" , "TV/film equipment" , "Image recorder" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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