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Expressionless, Martin put a deposited plan in (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

deadpan

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'expressionless' is the definition.
(I know that expressionless can be written as deadpan)

'martin put a deposited plan in' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for deadpan that I've seen before include "Poker-faced" , "Showing no expression" , "Lifeless" , "Serious-looking" , "without a flicker" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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