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He'll admit to being the proprietor (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

owner

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'the proprietor' is the definition.
('owner' can be a synonym of 'proprietor')

'he'll admit' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'admit' could be 'own' (own can mean to admit or acknowledge) and 'own' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'er' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'to being' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for owner that I've seen before include "One that secured" , "Man of property" , "The person in legal possession" , "possessive type" , "Holder, possessor" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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