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Completely depressed Tory (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

downright

'completely' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'depressed tory' is the wordplay.
'depressed' becomes 'down' ('down' can be a synonym of 'depressed').
'tory' becomes 'right' (I've seen this before).
'down'+'right'='DOWNRIGHT'

(Other definitions for downright that I've seen before include "Plain-spoken" , "Utter, complete" , "Utter, arrant" , "Absolutely!" , "blunt" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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