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Man, say, with working material (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rayon

'material' is the definition.
(rayon is a type of fabric)

'man say with working' is the wordplay.
'man say' becomes 'Ray' (Man Ray was a 20th-century artist).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'working' becomes 'on' (e.g. a machine is working or on).
'ray'+'on'='RAYON'

(Other definitions for rayon that I've seen before include "Artificial silk fabric" , "Viscose fibre" , "Man-made fibre" , "Man-made fabric" , "Artificial fibre" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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