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Second barbed comment? I fix upset artist (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

modigliani

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'artist' is the definition.
(I know that Modigliani is a carver)

'second barbed comment? i fix upset' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'second' could be 'mo' (both are short periods of time) and 'mo' is present in the answer.
'comment?' could be 'dig' (dig is a kind of comment) and 'dig' is located in the answer.
'i' could be 'a' and 'a' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for modigliani that I've seen before include "painter" , "artist" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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