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Model in picture, so pumped up (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

poser

'model' is the definition.
(I know that model can be written as poser)

'in picture so pumped up' is the wordplay.
'in' indicates a hidden word.
'up' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (in down clue: letters go upwards).
'resop' is hidden in the letters of 'picture so pumped'.
'resop' backwards is 'POSER'.

(Other definitions for poser that I've seen before include "Problem to be solved" , "Difficult problem" , "Attitudiniser" , "Puzzling question about ropes" , "insincere?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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