After ignoring the first letter, desolate people ultimately accept dispossession (9)
I believe the answer is:
ejectment
'dispossession' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'after ignoring the first letter desolate people ultimately accept' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found within the answer.
'letter' could be 'en' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'en' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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