4 down
Artists
in
request
for
more
during
economies
(7)
Artists in request for more during economies (7)
hints
0
checks
0
hints
The definition is at the beginning of the clue.
How the clue works
The Artists here are CUBISTS. Take BIS (the musical direction meaning "twice", i.e. a request for more) and place it inside CUTS (economies) to get CU-BIS-TS.