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Depict a bright boy having a drink (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

portray

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'depict' is the definition.
(I know that depict can be written as portray)

'a bright boy having a drink' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'a' is present in the answer.
'boy' could be 'port' and 'port' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for portray that I've seen before include "sketch" , "Play" , "Paint a picture" , "Depict in art" , "Depict, present" .)

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