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Carry first of parcels by drone (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hump

'carry' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'first of parcels by drone' is the wordplay.
'first of' says to take the initial letters.
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'drone' becomes 'hum' (I've seen this before**).
The first letter of 'parcels' is 'p'.
'p' after 'hum' is 'HUMP'.

(Other definitions for hump that I've seen before include "Hunch - sulks" , "A dromedary has one" , "Carry (heavy loads) (informal)" , "Protuberance; (the) sulks" , "What you get" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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