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Rocking teen vamp is sort of artist (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pavement

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'sort of artist' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how they can define each other.

'rocking teen vamp' is the wordplay.
'rocking' indicates an anagram.
'teen'+'vamp'='teenvamp'
'teenvamp' with letters rearranged gives 'PAVEMENT'.

'is' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for pavement that I've seen before include "Raised footway by road" , "route for walkers" , "Way" , "Pedestrians' path" , "Roadside walkway" .)

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