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Gutted bloke desires property (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

belongings

'property' is the definition.
(I know that property can be written as belongings)

'gutted bloke desires' is the wordplay.
'gutted' means to remove the middle letters (to gut something is to remove its insides).
'desires' becomes 'longings' (longing is a kind of desire).
'bloke' with its centre taken out is 'be'.
'be'+'longings'='BELONGINGS'

(Other definitions for belongings that I've seen before include "property" , "stuff" , "Personal effects" .)

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