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Picture in public house, too intricate (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

photo

'picture' is the definition.
(photo is a kind of picture)

'public house too intricate' is the wordplay.
'public house' becomes 'ph'.
'intricate' is an anagram indicator.
'too' anagrammed gives 'oto'.
'ph'+'oto'='PHOTO'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for photo that I've seen before include "Camera picture" , "Still" , "In brief, a snapshot" , "Snap, pic" , "Picture, in short" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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