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Boy has nothing to pack (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

load

'pack' is the definition.
(loading is a kind of packing)

'boy has nothing' is the wordplay.
'boy' becomes 'lad' (informal term for boy).
'has' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'nothing' becomes 'O' (O resembles 0).
'lad' going around 'o' is 'LOAD'.

'to' is the link.

(Other definitions for load that I've seen before include "Great quantity" , "Amount" , "Charge a gun" , "A heavy burden" , "Weight to be transported" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror and The Daily Express.
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