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Rogue openly wrapping article in packaging material (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

polythene

'packaging material' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'rogue openly wrapping article' is the wordplay.
'rogue' is an anagram indicator (letters go rogue).
'wrapping' is an insertion indicator.
'article' becomes 'the' (the definite article in English).
'openly' anagrammed gives 'polyne'.
'polyne' going around 'the' is 'POLYTHENE'.

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for polythene that I've seen before include "Plastic substance" , "Synthetic 6 Dn" , "Synthetic thermoplastic used for packaging, etc" , "Strange telephony provides a lightweight material, used in packaging" , "A light plastic material used for wrapping" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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