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Guts involves embracing redhead (8)

Ross

I think it could be either:

donation

entrails

'guts' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'involves embracing redhead' is the wordplay.
'involves' becomes 'entails' (I've seen this before).
'embracing' indicates putting letters inside.
'redhead' becomes 'r' (the head/first letter of 'red').
'entails' going around 'r' is 'ENTRAILS'.

(Other definitions for entrails that I've seen before include "Intestines, guts" , "Internal organs of animals" , "Bowels or intestines" , "Internal parts of animals" , "Intestines found in latrines" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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