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Gall, say, marketing with short weight included (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

swelling

'gall say' is the definition.
(gall is a type of swelling or growth)

'marketing with short weight included' is the wordplay.
'marketing with' becomes 'selling' (synonyms. I am not sure about the 'with' bit.).
'short weight' becomes 'w' (short for weight; 'short' indicates an abbreviation).
'included' is an insertion indicator.
'selling' enclosing 'w' is 'SWELLING'.

(Other definitions for swelling that I've seen before include "Abnormal enlargement" , "Tumour" , "Growth" , "area suffering inflation" , "increasing in volume" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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