Man squeezed into lift closer, unfortunately, for the present (8,6)
I believe the answer is:
stocking filler
'the present' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'man squeezed into lift closer unfortunately for' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'man' could be 'kin' and 'kin' is found within the answer.
'for' could be 'to' (eg both can mean 'in the opinion of') and 'to' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for stocking filler that I've seen before include "Calf" , "little gift?" , "What hardware store is doing" , "Little present" , "small gift at the present time" .)