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Subject is Gable: Tortured Artist (7)

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I believe the answer is:

algebra

'subject' is the definition.
(algebra is a kind of subject)

'gable tortured artist' is the wordplay.
'tortured' is an anagram indicator.
'artist' becomes 'RA' (Royal Academician, member of Royal Academy of Arts).
'gable' anagrammed gives 'algeb'.
'algeb'+'ra'='ALGEBRA'

'is' is the link.

(Other definitions for algebra that I've seen before include "school subject" , "part of curriculum" , "exercise in school?" , "A garble (anag) - branch of mathematics" , "Numbers and letters branch of maths" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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