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They draw it across not round (11)

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I believe the answer is:

cartoonists

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'they draw' is the definition.
Although both the answer and 'draw' are nouns, they are not in the same form of the noun.

'it across not round' is the wordplay.
'round' indicates anagramming the letters.
'it'+'across'+'not'='itacrossnot'
'itacrossnot' is an anagram of 'CARTOONISTS'.

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(Another definition for cartoonists that I've seen is " Strip artists, perhaps".)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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