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Document about papers under paperweight? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

depressed

'under paperweight?' is the definition.

'document about papers' is the wordplay.
'document' becomes 'deed' (deed is a kind of document).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'papers' becomes 'press' (I've seen this before**).
'deed' placed around 'press' is 'DEPRESSED'.

(Other definitions for depressed that I've seen before include "Poverty-stricken" , "Downhearted" , "showing the blues" , "dispirited" , "Having been pushed down" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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