Pictures a mince pie (6)

I believe the answer is:

cinema

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

'a mince pie' is the wordplay.
'pie' indicates an anagram.
'a'+'mince'='amince'
'amince' with letters rearranged gives 'CINEMA'.

(Other definitions for cinema that I've seen before include "The big screen" , "Films, collectively" , "Movie house" , "(Building for) film" , "Movie theatre" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian and The Globe and Mail.

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