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Blue papers, indeed! (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

depressed

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'blue' is the definition.
(I know that blue can be written as depressed)

'papers indeed' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'papers' could be 'press' (the newspaper industry) and 'press' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'deed' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for depressed that I've seen before include "Indented or melancholy" , "Sad or indented" , "Flattened downward" , "Unhappy, despondent" , "Poverty-stricken" .)

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