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Rising arches stolen in a photo (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

snapshot

'a photo' is the definition.
(I know that snapshot is a type of exposure)

'rising arches stolen' is the wordplay.
'rising' says the letters should be written backwards (going up in a down clue).
'arches' becomes 'spans' (I've seen this in another clue).
'stolen' becomes 'hot' (stolen goods are 'hot').
'spans' reversed gives 'snaps'.
'snaps'+'hot'='SNAPSHOT'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for snapshot that I've seen before include "print" , "Casual photograph" , "Quickly taken photograph" , "Quick photograph" , "Instant record of an event" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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