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Exhibits case of rare gifts (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

represents

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'exhibits' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with fundamental existence as well as being verbs in their -s form.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'case of rare gifts' is the wordplay.
'case of' means to remove the middle letters (like emptying a case).
'gifts' becomes 'presents' ('present' can be a synonym of 'gift').
'rare' with its centre removed is 're'.
're'+'presents'='REPRESENTS'

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(Other definitions for represents that I've seen before include "Stands for" , "Portrays" , "shows" , "plays" .)

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