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Bored delinquent receives great present (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

depict

'present' is the definition.

'bored delinquent receives great' is the wordplay.
'bored' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters) (bore can mean to hollow out).
'receives' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'great' becomes 'epic'.
'delinquent' with its centre removed is 'dt'.
'dt' enclosing 'epic' is 'DEPICT'.

(Other definitions for depict that I've seen before include "Represent visually" , "Sketch or describe" , "Make a likeness of" , "Represent in drawing or painting" , "Paint" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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