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Illustrate harbour with some light (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

portray

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'illustrate' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with communicating as well as being verbs in their base form.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'harbour with some light' is the wordplay.
'harbour' becomes 'port' (I've seen this before).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'some light' becomes 'ray' (ray is a kind of light).
'port'+'ray'='PORTRAY'

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(Other definitions for portray that I've seen before include "Depict, present" , "Show" , "Delineate" , "Act" , "sketch" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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