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After golf, sit about wrapping female's presents (5)

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I believe the answer is:

gifts

'presents' is the definition.
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'after golf sit about wrapping female's' is the wordplay.
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'golf' becomes 'g' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'about' indicates an anagram.
'wrapping' indicates putting letters inside.
'female' becomes 'f' (abbreviation).
'sit' with letters rearranged gives 'its'.
'its' enclosing 'f' is 'ifts'.
'g' put next to 'ifts' is 'GIFTS'.

(Other definitions for gifts that I've seen before include "Offerings" , "Attributes" , "Donations" , "Presents or natural talents" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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