Depict a bright boy having a drink (7)
I believe the answer is:
portray
'depict' is the definition.
(I know that depict can be written as portray)
'a bright boy having a drink' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'a' is present in the answer.
'boy' could be 'port' and 'port' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for portray that I've seen before include "sketch" , "Play" , "Paint a picture" , "Depict in art" , "Depict, present" .)