Stew that gives an artist a bad foot? (6)
I believe the answer is:
ragout
'stew' is the definition.
(I know that stew can be written as ragout)
'an artist a bad foot?' is the wordplay.
'an artist' becomes 'RA' (Royal Academician, member of Royal Academy of Arts).
'a bad foot?' becomes 'gout' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'ra'+'gout'='RAGOUT'
'that gives' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ragout that I've seen before include "Seasoned dish of stewed meat and vegetables" , "Stew of meat and veg" , "Spicy dish" , "Highly-seasoned stew" , "something spicy?" .)