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One sees couple at the back inside pictures (7)

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ideates

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'pictures' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with creating things as well as being verbs in their -s form.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'one sees couple at the back inside' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'sees' becomes 'dates' ('date' can be a synonym of 'see').
'at the back' indicates one should take the final letters (the letter at the back).
'inside' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
The final letter of 'couple' is 'e'.
'dates' going around 'e' is 'deates'.
'i'+'deates'='IDEATES'

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