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Final cut, lady hugged by a lover in picture (7)

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I believe the answer is:

tableau

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'picture' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'final cut lady hugged by' is the wordplay.
'final cut' becomes 'tabu' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'lady' becomes 'Lea'.
'hugged by' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'tabu' placed around 'lea' is 'TABLEAU'.

'a lover in' is the link.
This may not be right. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for tableau that I've seen before include "Diorama; vignette" , "Pageant" , "'Frozen' theatrical scene" , "Painting - spectacle" , "Dramatic scene - spectacle" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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