Pull street artist in (6)

I believe the answer is:

strain

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

'street artist in' is the wordplay.
'street' becomes 'st' (abbreviation).
'artist' becomes 'RA' (Royal Academician, member of Royal Academy of Arts).
'st'+'ra'+'in'='STRAIN'

(Other definitions for strain that I've seen before include "Sieve; breed" , "Make intensive effort" , "Melody; filter" , "Overtax; tension" , "Weaken -- sieve" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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