Related Clues:

• Lay a carpet with mounting regret
• Aesthete and student seduced by slim French relative
• Single European into poet, his artistic interest superficial?
• Lay person
• Amateur art lover
• Superficial dabbler in the arts — title at end (anag)
• Athlete who performs without payment
• Gold-plated china by Rie that is dismissed as inept
• Like hams
• A buddy rejects sport for which he's not paid
• A drink served up after Greek character's eaten ham
• A friend goes to old city with one without expertise
• Ham: a processed meat to preserve without its skin
• Open-mike-night participant
• Open mic night participant