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Being there, with the said offerings (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

presence

'being there' is the definition.
(being present)

'said offerings' is the wordplay.
'said' shows a homophone (sound like).
'offerings' becomes 'presents' (I've seen this before).
'presents' is a homophone of 'PRESENCE'.

'with the' is the link.

(Other definitions for presence that I've seen before include "Imposing appearance" , "Physical attendance or imposing bearing" , "Bearing, comportment" , "Impressive carriage" , "Personal attendance" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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