Points to the big S in "gifts" (8)
I believe the answer is:
largesse
'gifts' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'points to the big s' is the wordplay.
'points' becomes 'se'.
'to' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'the big s' becomes 'larges' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'se' put after 'larges' is 'LARGESSE'.
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for largesse that I've seen before include "Magnanimity, munificence" , "charity" , "Money or gifts generously given" , "Generous disposal of gifts" , "Generous offering" .)