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Rocking teen vamp sort of artist (8)

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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 can't see how they can define each other.

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

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(Other definitions for pavement that I've seen before include "Way" , "What Americans call sidewalk" , "Pedestrian walkway" , "Pedestrian space" , "Footpath" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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