Publicise artistic activity in flyers (8)

I believe the answer is:

aircraft

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

'publicise artistic activity' is the wordplay.
'publicise' becomes 'air' (synonyms).
'artistic activity' becomes 'craft' (craft is a kind of activity. I am not sure about the 'artistic' bit.).
'air'+'craft'='AIRCRAFT'

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for aircraft that I've seen before include "Vehicle that can fly" , "Eg, seven four seven or Airbus" , "Planes" , "Airbus A380 or Boeing 777, say" , "Flier" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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