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Picture capturing a swallow (3)

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I believe the answer is:

eat

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'swallow' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'picture capturing a' is the wordplay.
'picture' becomes 'et' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'capturing' is an insertion indicator.
'et' going around 'a' is 'EAT'.

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(Other definitions for eat that I've seen before include "tolerate in diet" , "Do cats - bats? Do bats - cats? (Alice in Wonderland)" , "Scoff" , "Be corrosive" , "Use a knife and fork" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times.
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