Artist framed by smart French politician (6)

I believe the answer is:

chirac

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'french politician' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'artist framed by smart' is the wordplay.
'artist' becomes 'RA' (Royal Academician, member of Royal Academy of Arts).
'framed by' indicates putting letters inside.
'smart' becomes 'chic' (both can mean stylish).
'ra' inserted inside 'chic' is 'CHIRAC'.

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(Other definitions for chirac that I've seen before include "Jacques --, former French president" , "Jacques, French president 1995-2007" .)

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