Send down artist, cue prepared (9)
I believe the answer is:
rusticate
'send down' is the definition.
(I know that send down can be written as rusticate)
'artist cue prepared' is the wordplay.
'prepared' indicates anagramming the letters.
'artist'+'cue'='artistcue'
'artistcue' is an anagram of 'RUSTICATE'.
(Other definitions for rusticate that I've seen before include "Spend time in the country" , "Rough up" , "Ban from college" , "Exile to country" , "leave town" .)