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Bigwig in recently taken photo (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hotshot

'bigwig' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'recently taken photo' is the wordplay.
'recently taken' becomes 'hot' (referring to stolen goods).
'photo' becomes 'shot' (shot is a kind of photo).
'hot'+'shot'='HOTSHOT'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for hotshot that I've seen before include "Showily successful person" , "Important person" , "Expert" , "Top player" , "ace" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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