Connoisseur of creativity (8)

I believe the answer is:

aesthete

(Other definitions for aesthete that I've seen before include "Estate he settled on lover of beautiful things" , "Someone claiming special knowledge of beauty" , "One sensitive to art and beauty" , "One who appreciates beautiful things as in arts" , "professed lover of beauty" .)

I've seen this clue in the Newsday.

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