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Finding gift that's absolutely right makes one tense (7,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

present perfect

'one tense' is the definition.
(present perfect is a kind of tense)

'finding gift that's absolutely right' is the wordplay.
'finding gift' becomes 'present' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'that's absolutely right' becomes 'perfect'.
'present'+'perfect'='PRESENT PERFECT'

'makes' is the link.

(Other definitions for present perfect that I've seen before include "Tense" , "I have left in this?" , "writing the briefest of thank you letters?" , "giver is happy to hear this?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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