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Depressed following endless depression, depression (6)

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I believe the answer is:

hollow

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'depression' is the definition.
(hollow is a kind of depression)

'depressed following endless depression' is the wordplay.
'depressed' becomes 'low' ('low' can be a synonym of 'depressed').
'following' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'endless depression' becomes 'hol' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'low' after 'hol' is 'HOLLOW'.

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(Other definitions for hollow that I've seen before include "Cavity or space in something" , "Not solid or genuine" , "Dent; echoey" , "Concave; empty inside" , "Empty - hole" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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