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Soon introduce leathery extremities (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

presently

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'soon' is the definition.
(I know that soon can be written as presently)

'introduce leathery extremities' is the wordplay.
'introduce' becomes 'present' (presenting is a kind of introducing).
'leathery extremities' becomes 'ly' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'present'+'ly'='PRESENTLY'

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(Other definitions for presently that I've seen before include "Soon, in a little while" , "In the near future" , "Before long" , "At the moment" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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