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Pose painter set up to test skills (8)

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I believe the answer is:

artistry

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'pose painter set up to test skills' is the definition.
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'pose painter set up to test' is the wordplay.
'pose' becomes 'sit' (sitting is a kind of posing).
'painter' becomes 'RA' (member of the Royal Academy of Arts).
'set up' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (in a down clue, letters go up).
'to test' becomes 'try' (synonyms).
'sit'+'ra'='sitra'
'sitra' backwards is 'artis'.
'artis'+'try'='ARTISTRY'

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(Other definitions for artistry that I've seen before include "Creative skill learned by study and practice" , "ability" , "Skilled workmanship" , "Superior skill" , "Genius" .)

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