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Furore involving new art work (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tondo

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'art work' is the definition.
'tondo' can be an answer for 'work' (I have seen 'work of art' mean 'tondo' so perhaps 'work' could also mean 'tondo'). I am unsure of the 'art' bit.

'furore involving new' is the wordplay.
'furore' becomes 'to-do' (to-do can mean a fuss or furore).
'involving' indicates putting letters inside.
'new' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation eg NT for New Testament).
'todo' placed around 'n' is 'TONDO'.

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(Other definitions for tondo that I've seen before include "work of art" , "Circular painting, relief carving" , "One among artistic circles" , "Artistic circle" , "round painting" .)

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