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Two presents to wrap plus tons in various places (4,3,5)

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I believe the answer is:

here and there

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'in various places' is the definition.
('here and there' means in various locations)

'two presents to wrap plus tons' is the wordplay.
'two' says to double the letters.
'presents' becomes 'here' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'to wrap' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'plus' becomes 'and' (I've seen this in another clue).
'tons' becomes 't'.
'here' duplicated is 'herehere'.
'and'+'t'='andt'
'herehere' going around 'andt' is 'HERE AND THERE'.

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(Other definitions for here and there that I've seen before include "In various places" , "Sporadic localities?" , "in several places" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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