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Recalled main article linked to movement of an artistic kind (9)

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I believe the answer is:

aesthetic

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'an artistic kind' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to thinking as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'recalled main article linked to movement' is the wordplay.
'recalled' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'main' becomes 'sea' (the main is an old name for the sea).
'article' becomes 'the' (the definite article in English).
'linked to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'movement' becomes 'tic' (I have seen 'Nervous movement' mean 'tic' so perhaps 'movement' could also mean 'tic').
'sea' written backwards gives 'aes'.
'aes'+'the'+'tic'='AESTHETIC'

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for aesthetic that I've seen before include "Of pleasing appearance" , "Concerned with the appreciation of beauty" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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