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Solicitously enquire about art fakes put out (3,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ask after

'solicitously enquire about' is the definition.
(to ask after someone is to enquire about them)

'art fakes put out' is the wordplay.
'put out' is an anagram indicator.
'art'+'fakes'='artfakes'
'artfakes' with letters rearranged gives 'ASK AFTER'.

(Another definition for ask after that I've seen is " Enquire about someone".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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