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An impressive way to hold up present that’s most generous (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

handsomest

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'hold up present that's most generous' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'an impressive way' is the wordplay.
'an impressive' becomes 'handsome' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'way' becomes 'st' (abbreviation for street).
'handsome'+'st'='HANDSOMEST'

'to' is the link.

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(Another definition for handsomest that I've seen is " Most striking".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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