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That woman has two articles to enclose (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sheathe

'enclose' is the definition.
(sheathing is a kind of enclosing)

'that woman has two articles' is the wordplay.
'that woman' becomes 'she' (I've seen this before).
'has' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'two articles' becomes 'athe' (article meaning part of speech: the, a etc.).
'she'+'athe'='SHEATHE'

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for sheathe that I've seen before include "Put into scabbard" , "Cover in case" , "Put (a sword) into case" , "stow away safely" , "Put (a sword) into its holder" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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