The artist has compassion (5)

I believe the answer is:

heart

'compassion' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'the artist has' is the wordplay.
'has' indicates a hidden word.
'HEART' is hidden within 'the artist'.

(Other definitions for heart that I've seen before include "Nucleus" , "See 22" , "Decorated (cake)" , "Player for Scottish team" , "Kernel" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.

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