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Bill takes the water in Vichy, creating a scene (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tableau

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'a scene' is the definition.
(I know that tableau is a type of scene)

'bill takes the water in vichy' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'bill' could be 'tab' (a tab is a bill at a bar) and 'tab' is found in the answer.
'water' could be 'eau' (I have seen 'French water ' mean 'eau' so perhaps 'water' could also mean 'eau') and 'eau' is found within the answer.
A single letter 'l' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'creating' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for tableau that I've seen before include "Scene of still figures" , "Dramatic setting" , "Dramatic scene (where the action is frozen?)" , "dramatic picture" , "Dramatic scene - spectacle" .)

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