In blocking Porto's wingers fail to disrupt a shot (9)

Independent Cryptic #11641 | 10 Across | 2024-02-01
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

HOT (in = fashionable) inserted into (blocking) the outer letters (wingers) of P [ort] O , then BOMB (as a verb = slang for fail). To spoil someone else’s carefully-composed photo (shot) by appearing in it uninvited.

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