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Printing house that is making a gift (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pressie

'a gift' is the definition.
(short for 'present')

'printing house that is' is the wordplay.
'printing house' becomes 'press' (I've seen this before).
'that is' becomes 'ie' (synonyms).
'press'+'ie'='PRESSIE'

'making' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for pressie that I've seen before include "Gift (colloq.)" , "Informally, offering" , "Something freely given" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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