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Female at first rubbished this gift, causing a punch-up (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fistfight

'a punch-up' is the definition.
(both can mean a fight)

'female at first rubbished this gift' is the wordplay.
'at first' says to take the initial letters.
'rubbished' indicates an anagram.
The first letter of 'female' is 'f'.
'this'+'gift'='thisgift'
'thisgift' is an anagram of 'istfight'.
'f'+'istfight'='FISTFIGHT'

'causing' acts as a link.

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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