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Tenancy he’s set up to occupy paddock over the hill (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

leasehold

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'tenancy' is the definition.
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'he's set up to occupy paddock over the hill' is the wordplay.
'set up' is a reversal indicator (in a down clue, letters go up).
'to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'occupy paddock' becomes 'leas' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'over the hill' becomes 'old' (I've seen this in another clue).
'he' backwards is 'eh'.
'eh' put after 'leas' is 'leaseh'.
'leaseh'+'old'='LEASEHOLD'

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(Other definitions for leasehold that I've seen before include "Form of property tenure" , "housing agreement" , "property that's let" , "Rented land" , "Type of tenure" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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