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Great stylish present for one (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

intense

'great' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'stylish present for one' is the wordplay.
'stylish' becomes 'in'.
'present for one' becomes 'tense' (present is a kind of tense**).
'in'+'tense'='INTENSE'

(Other definitions for intense that I've seen before include "Extremely emotional" , "'Ardent, forceful (7)'" , "Strong in degree or emotion" , "Forceful, concentrated" , "Fierce - deep" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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