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Shaping toe-nail brings delight (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

elation

'delight' is the definition.
(elation is delight or glee)

'shaping toe-nail' is the wordplay.
'shaping' is an anagram indicator.
'toe'+'nail'='toenail'
'toenail' with letters rearranged gives 'ELATION'.

'brings' is the link.

(Other definitions for elation that I've seen before include "Transport" , "'High spirits, exhilaration (7)'" , "Great happiness and exhilaration" , "Feeling of joy from toenail" , "Feeling of delight, joy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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