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Cannae win over depressed young Glaswegian? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wean

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'cannae win over depressed young glaswegian?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'cannae win over' is the wordplay.
'cannae' becomes 'ean' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'win' becomes 'w' (abbreviation in sport).
'over' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (in a down clue, some letters go over others).
'ean' after 'w' is 'WEAN'.

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(Other definitions for wean that I've seen before include "Gradually bring a baby off suckling" , "Accustom to nourishment" , "Accustom to abstain from a former habit" , "Bring baby off mother's milk" , "Introduce to solid food" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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