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It's short and snappy (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

photo

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'it's short and snappy' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'it's short and' is the wordplay.
'it's' becomes 'pho' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'short' means to remove the last letter.
'and' becomes 'too'.
'too' with its final letter taken away is 'to'.
'pho'+'to'='PHOTO'

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(Other definitions for photo that I've seen before include "In brief, a snapshot" , "Picture (abbr)" , "Snap (abbrev.)" , "Snap, exposure, in short" , "Pic (abbr)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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