Crytic Crossword

[x_word_fan]

Artist's name is mud, losing title of respect for all men.(7) ?AL?ORD

Thanks in anticipation.

[vakayu]

Salford?

[ladyalex]

But why, vakayu ?

[factor-fiction]

Does it definitely end in ORD?

[factor-fiction]

Mallord?

[vakayu]

Joseph Mallord-ignore first attempt.

[x_word_fan]

Many thanks to you all

[factor-fiction]

I'm pretty sure it's Mallord
Maybe this is the artist connection:
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/artists/joseph-mallord-william-turner
Mallord sounds like my Lord (m'lud) but i cant see all the wordplay

[ladyalex]

Would someone explain it to me, please ?

Thanks :-))

[ladyalex]

That's a start, Factor 30.
Thank you.

[bibblebub]

in the word MUD
replace U [=title of respect, as in U and non-U]
with all = ALL, men = O.R. [other ranks]

[factor-fiction]

Thanks Bibblebub. Too cryptic for me. I can follow it but would have given up before getting there and just taken a chance on Mallord

[bibblebub]

it's a lot easier when the correct answer is given to figure out how the clue works than to start with the clue and try to derive the answer

[ladyalex]

Thank you bibblebub.
That one is several orders of magnitude too cryptic for me.