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Cellists forking out for small gifts (8,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stocking fillers

'small gifts' is the definition.
(small presents in Christmas stockings)

'cellists forking out' is the wordplay.
'out' is an anagram indicator (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'cellists'+'forking'='cellistsforking'
'cellistsforking' with letters rearranged gives 'STOCKING FILLERS'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for stocking fillers that I've seen before include "ladies' legs?" , "Pins" , "presents?" , "Present items" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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