Attentive artist's place in America (8)

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studious

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'attentive' is the definition.
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'artist's place in america' is the wordplay.
'artist's place' becomes 'studio' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in america' becomes 'U.S.' ('U.S.' is part of 'america').
'studio'+'us'='STUDIOUS'

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(Other definitions for studious that I've seen before include "reading a lot" , "Academic, diligent" , "Given to serious reading" , "Thoughtful - hard-working" , "Like a good schoolboy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.

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