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Intelligent ruler wrapping present (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

knowing

'intelligent' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'ruler wrapping present' is the wordplay.
'ruler' becomes 'king' (king is a kind of ruler**).
'wrapping' indicates putting letters inside.
'present' becomes 'now' (now is a kind of present).
'king' enclosing 'now' is 'KNOWING'.

(Other definitions for knowing that I've seen before include "Experienced; intelligent" , "Understanding" , "State of awareness" , "Being aware of" , "Meaningful" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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