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Strangely I don't rue wrapping Charlie's present (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

introduce

'present' is the definition.
(I know that present can be written as introduce)

'strangely i don't rue wrapping charlie's' is the wordplay.
'strangely' is an anagram indicator.
'wrapping' is an insertion indicator.
'charlie' becomes 'c' (phonetic alphabet).
'i'+'dont'+'rue'='idontrue'
'idontrue' anagrammed gives 'introdue'.
'introdue' enclosing 'c' is 'INTRODUCE'.

(Other definitions for introduce that I've seen before include "Present (someone) by name" , "Do the honours" , "Make one person known to another" , "Bring into use by way of reduc tion" , "To add" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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