| PRESENTLY | As a gift before long (9) |
| PRESENTER | Compere getting gift before the queen (9) |
| KNACKERED | Broken gift before and during opening (9) |
| WELLDONEE | One given a water shaft as a gift? |
| GEESE | Gift before swans, in a Christmas song |
| PRESENTED | Gave as a gift |
| LINEN | Anniversary gift before wood |
| SHOWER | Event at which the new kid gets gifts before he arrives on the scene (or what mom might take after giving baby a bath) |
| PACKING | Preparing gifts before the holiday? (7) |
| POSY | From an old word for verse collectively, a small floral bouquet, nosegay or tussie mussie, often given as a gift; or, a little motto or sentiment inscribed inside a ring (4) |
| DONATE | Present as a gift, as to a cause |
| ENDOW | Bestow, as a gift to a college |
| TIPPET | As a gift, given a dear fur (6) |
| RIPOPEN | Be in a hurry with, as a gift |
| PREWRAP | Do before, as a gift chore |
| FLAIR | Just put a pound in, as a gift (5) |
| OLACOHN | Who carved the Fairies Tree into a red gum trunk in Fitzroy Gardens as a gift to the children of Mel |
| PETHATE | Personal peeve - like when your cat brings in a dead mouse for you as a gift! (3,4) |
| BABYSHOWER | Party at which a pacifier might be given as a gift |
| JOHN | Singer-songwriter who performed a piano set at St Pancras in 2016, and then donated the piano as a gift (5, 4) |
