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Fetching gift from cleaner's mother (8)

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charisma

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'fetching gift' is the definition.
'charisma' can be an answer for 'gift' (I have seen 'Impressive gift' mean 'charisma' so perhaps 'gift' could also mean 'charisma'). I'm not sure about the 'fetching' bit.

'cleaner's mother' is the wordplay.
'cleaner's' becomes 'charis' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'mother' becomes 'ma' (ma can mean mother).
'charis'+'ma'='CHARISMA'

'from' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for charisma that I've seen before include "Impressive gift" , "Ability to inspire people" , "divine power" , "10 (anag)" , "Capacity to inspire enthusiasm" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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