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Gift tied up at resort (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aptitude

'gift' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'tied up at resort' is the wordplay.
'resort' indicates an anagram.
'tied'+'up'+'at'='tiedupat'
'tiedupat' with letters rearranged gives 'APTITUDE'.

(Other definitions for aptitude that I've seen before include "Update it, having natural skill" , "capacity" , "Flair" , "faculty" , "Bent" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian and The Times.
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