4 down
Artists
in
request
for
more
during
economies
(7)
Artists in request for more during economies (7)
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The definition is at the beginning of the clue.
How the clue works
Look at Artists — that's your definition, pointing to painters of the Cubist movement. For the wordplay, BIS (meaning an encore, a request for more) is tucked inside CUTS (economies), giving you C-UBI-STS.