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Technician is in tartan, concealing head (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

artisan

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'technician' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'is in tartan concealing head' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'is' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for artisan that I've seen before include "Skilled worker by hand" , "Tsarina (anag.)" , "Crafty sort" , "Sinatra (anag) -- skilled manual worker" , "Journeyman" .)

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