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Pictures likely winners, enthusiastic, on board (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

snapshots

'pictures' is the definition.
(snapshot is a kind of picture)

'likely winners enthusiastic on board' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'likely winners' could be 'naps' (nap can mean a probably winner in a horserace) and 'naps' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'shots' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

(Other definitions for snapshots that I've seen before include "Informal photos" , "Photographs" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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