Facial expression of individual depressed by empty freezer? (5)
I believe the answer is:
frown
'facial expression' is the definition.
(frown is a kind of facial expression)
'individual depressed by empty freezer?' is the wordplay.
'individual' becomes 'own' (as in someone's individual or own thing).
'depressed by' means one lot of letters go next to another (in a down clue, some letters go below others).
'empty' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters).
'freezer' with its middle removed is 'fr'.
'own' put after 'fr' is 'FROWN'.
'of' is the link.
(Other definitions for frown that I've seen before include "Facial expression of displeasure" , "Glower" , "Facial expression of dislike or concentration" , "gloomy expression" , "Wrinkle brow" .)