Badly sown, one must confess (4)

I believe the answer is:

owns

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'one must confess' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'badly sown' is the wordplay.
'badly' indicates an anagram (letters in the wrong order).
'sown' anagrammed gives 'OWNS'.

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(Other definitions for owns that I've seen before include "Belongs to" , "Has possession of by right" , "Possesses" , "Confesses" , "uses" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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