Picture in public house, too intricate (5)
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" .)