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Days before included in manifests (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

evinces

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'manifests' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'days before included' is the wordplay.
'days' becomes 'eves' (eve is a kind of day).
'before' becomes 'inc' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'included' indicates putting letters inside.
'eves' going around 'inc' is 'EVINCES'.

'in' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for evinces that I've seen is " Clearly shows".)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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