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Effects of soldier becoming extremely teary? (7,8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

private property

'effects' is the definition.
('private property' can be a synonym of 'effects')

'soldier becoming extremely teary?' is the wordplay.
'soldier' becomes 'private' (I've seen this before**).
'becoming' becomes 'proper' ('proper' can be similar in meaning to 'becoming').
'extremely' means to remove the middle letters.
'teary' with its middle removed is 'ty'.
'private'+'proper'+'ty'='PRIVATE PROPERTY'

'of' acts as a link.

(Another definition for private property that I've seen is " personal items?".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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