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Course of dejection in the valley (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

depression

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This clue could be a double definition.

'course of dejection' is the first definition.
'depression' can be an answer for 'dejection' (thesaurus). I am not certain of the 'course of' bit.

'valley' is the second definition.
(I've seen this before)

'in the' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for depression that I've seen before include "Nineteen twenty nine financial slump" , "Blues" , "valley" , "Pit" , "gloom" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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