The artisan has compassion (5)
I believe the answer is:
heart
'compassion' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'the artisan has' is the wordplay.
'has' says the answer is hidden in the clue.
'HEART' can be found hidden inside 'the artisan'.
(Other definitions for heart that I've seen before include "Body organ" , "Feeling" , "See 22" , "It beats" , "Centre; core" .)