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South American tattoo artist called out? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

inca

'south american' is the definition.
(the Inca were a South American civilization)

'tattoo artist called out?' is the wordplay.
'tattoo artist' becomes 'inker' (inker can informally mean a tattoo artist).
'called out?' shows a homophone (sound like).
'inker' sounds like 'INCA'.

(Other definitions for inca that I've seen before include "Member of Andean people conquered by Spain" , "Pre-conquest South American Indian" , "lived in Peru" , "mountain dweller" , "One of an old race of South America" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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