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Does it make a dent in the good weather figures? (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

depression

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'dent in the good weather figures?' is the definition.
'depression' can be an answer for 'dent' (synonyms). I am unsure of the 'in the good weather figures?' bit.

'does it make a' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'it' could be 'e' ('e' can mean 'electronic' which is similar to 'IT') and 'e' is found within the answer.
'make' could be 'press' (pressing is a kind of making) and 'press' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'dion' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

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

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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