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Essentially concluded a new depressing experience for man of property (9)

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I believe the answer is:

landowner

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'man of property' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'essentially concluded a new depressing experience for' is the wordplay.
'essentially' indicates the central letters.
'a' becomes 'an'.
'new depressing experience for' becomes 'downer' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
The middle letter of 'concluded' is 'l'.
'l'+'an'+'downer'='LANDOWNER'

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(Other definitions for landowner that I've seen before include "Possessor of real estate" , "Owner of an area" , "Squire, perhaps" , "Laird" , "One may have lots of grass" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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