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Go topless in European river for picture (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

photo

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'for picture' is the definition.
(a photograph)

'go topless in european river' is the wordplay.
'go topless' becomes 'hot' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'european river' becomes 'po' (river of Italy).
'hot' going within 'po' is 'PHOTO'.

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(Other definitions for photo that I've seen before include "Snap - shot" , "Still" , "Snap (abbrev.)" , "In brief, a snapshot" , "Pic (abbr)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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