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Ticket for Versailles, the water spectacle (7)

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tableau

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'spectacle' is the definition.
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'ticket for versailles the water' is the wordplay.
'ticket' becomes 'tab' (I've seen this before).
'for versailles' becomes 'l' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'the water' becomes 'eau' (I have seen 'French water ' mean 'eau' so perhaps 'water' could also mean 'eau').
'tab'+'l'+'eau'='TABLEAU'

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(Other definitions for tableau that I've seen before include "Picture of group or scene" , "Motionless figures representing a story" , "Diorama; vignette" , "Living picture" , "Scene of still figures" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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