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Telegraph covering working street artist (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

constable

'artist' is the definition.
(painter John Constable)

'telegraph covering working street' is the wordplay.
'telegraph' becomes 'cable' (synonyms).
'covering' indicates putting letters inside.
'working' becomes 'on' (e.g. a machine is working or on).
'street' becomes 'st' (abbreviation).
'on'+'st'='onst'
'cable' enclosing 'onst' is 'CONSTABLE'.

(Other definitions for constable that I've seen before include "Copper - artist" , "Flatford Mill painter" , "Bobby" , "CARRY ON FILM" , "Did he have a brush" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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