Gambling city fleeced dire artist (6)
I believe the answer is:
renoir
'dire artist' is the definition.
'renoir' can be an answer for 'artist' (French artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir). I'm not certain of the 'dire' bit.
'gambling city fleeced' is the wordplay.
'gambling city' becomes 'reno' (I've seen this in another clue).
'fleeced' becomes 'ir' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'reno'+'ir'='RENOIR'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for renoir that I've seen before include "Pierre Auguste ---, painter; Jean ---, film-director" , "Pierre-Auguste -, French Impressionist painter" , "French artist" , "French impressionist painter, d. 1919" , "Pierre ---, impressionist" .)