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Trendy art movement censoring sadomasochistic nightmares (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

incubi

'nightmares' is the definition.
('incubus' can be a synonym of 'nightmare')

'trendy art movement censoring sadomasochistic' is the wordplay.
'trendy' becomes 'in' ('in' can mean fashionable).
'art movement' becomes 'cubism' (cubism was an art movement).
'censoring' is a deletion indicator.
'sadomasochistic' becomes 'SM' (S and M means sadism and masochism).
'cubism' with 'sm' taken out is 'cubi'.
'in'+'cubi'='INCUBI'

(Other definitions for incubi that I've seen before include "Demons of the night" , "nightmares" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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