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Gift item β€” oddly, with jam on top (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pressie

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'gift' is the definition.
(short for 'present')

'item oddly with jam on top' is the wordplay.
'oddly' indicates alternate letters (letters in the odd-numbered positions are used).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'jam on top' becomes 'press' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
The alternating letters of 'item' are 'ie'.
'ie' after 'press' is 'PRESSIE'.

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(Other definitions for pressie that I've seen before include "Gift (colloq.)" , "Something freely given" , "Informally, offering" .)

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