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Surprisingly, artistic one dismisses evolution (11)

Ross

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creationist

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'dismisses evolution' is the definition.
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'surprisingly artistic one' is the wordplay.
'surprisingly' is an anagram indicator (a surprising ordering of the letters).
'artistic'+'one'='artisticone'
'artisticone' with letters rearranged gives 'CREATIONIST'.

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(Other definitions for creationist that I've seen before include "One believing in divine origin of earth" , "One whose beliefs oppose theories of evolution" , "Evolution denier" , "I believe someone made everything" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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