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Redirect gangs to be reformed as expression of friendship (9,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

greetings card

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'expression of friendship' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'redirect gangs to be reformed' is the wordplay.
'to be reformed' is an anagram indicator.
'redirect'+'gangs'='redirectgangs'
'redirectgangs' anagrammed gives 'GREETINGS CARD'.

'as' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for greetings card that I've seen before include "It's used for wishing well" , "Valentine, for instance" , "Means of salutation" , "way to convey birthday wishes?" , "item of Christmas post?" .)

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