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At harbour, quote fee for painting, maybe (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

portrait

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'painting maybe' is the definition.
'portrait' can be an answer for 'painting' (I've seen this before). I'm not sure about the 'maybe' bit.

'at harbour quote fee' is the wordplay.
'at' says to put letters next to each other.
'harbour' becomes 'port' (I've seen this before).
'quote fee' becomes 'rait' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'port'+'rait' is 'PORTRAIT'.

'for' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for portrait that I've seen before include "Type of painting" , "Artistic representation (of a person)" , "Image of a person" , "Painting of a real person" , "Depiction of person" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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