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Player makes a mess of a sitter (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

artiste

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

'a mess of a sitter' is the wordplay.
'mess of' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'mess' mean this).
'sitter' with letters rearranged gives 'rtiste'.
'a'+'rtiste'='ARTISTE'

'makes' is the link.

(Other definitions for artiste that I've seen before include "Theatre performer" , "Entertainer, singer or dancer" , "A sitter for creative person" , "Attires for professional entertainer" , "Player" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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