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Picture of Bill next to the water in Biarritz (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tableau

'picture' is the definition.
(a tableau is a picture or display)

'bill next to the water in biarritz' is the wordplay.
'bill' becomes 'tab' (a tab is a bill at a bar).
'next to' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'the water in biarritz' becomes 'l'eau' ('the water' in French).
'tab'+'leau'='TABLEAU'

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for tableau that I've seen before include "Motionless group on stage" , "Pageant" , "A dramatic or picturesque scene, may be still" , "Painting - spectacle" , "Scene of still figures" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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