### Clue: Absurd behaviour of artist visiting African country ending in farce (7)
### Answer: CHARADE 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Absurd behaviour
 RA(abbrev. for a Royal Academician, a member of the Royal Society of the Arts/an artist) **contained in**(visiting) CHAD(a north-central African country) + **last letter of**(ending in) "farce".
Defn: …/a farce.