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Ancient artist reached around one (6)

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giotto

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'ancient artist' is the definition.
'giotto' can be an answer for 'artist' (14th-century Italian painter). I'm unsure of the 'ancient' bit.

'reached around one' is the wordplay.
'reached' becomes 'got to' ('get to' can be a synonym of 'reach').
'around' indicates putting letters inside.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'gotto' going around 'i' is 'GIOTTO'.

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(Other definitions for giotto that I've seen before include "Italian artist" , "C thirteen-fourteen Italian painter" , "Fourteenth century Florentine artist" , "C14 Florentine frescoist" , "Italian painter, 1267-1337" .)

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