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Artist, one inspired by paper and leather, surprisingly (3-10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pre-raphaelite

'artist' is the definition.
(Pre-Raphaelite is an example)

'one inspired by paper and leather surprisingly' is the subsidiary indication.
'one' becomes 'i' (roman numeral).
'inspired by' is an insertion indicator.
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'surprisingly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'paper'+'leather'='paperleather'
'paperleather' is an anagram of 'preraphaelte'.
'i' going into 'preraphaelte' is 'preraphaelite'.

(Other definitions for pre-raphaelite that I've seen before include "English artist such as Holman Hunt or Dante Gabriel Rossetti" , "Victorian artist, such as Dante Gabriel Rossetti" , "Victorian artist such as Millais" , "Painter such as Millais" , "Eg, Millais or Rossetti" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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