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Hollow offers presented by estate agent, depress writer located off shore (4,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

open sea

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'hollow offers presented by estate agent depress' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.

'writer located off shore' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'writer' could be 'pen' (something which writes) and 'pen' is found in the answer.
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(Other definitions for open sea that I've seen before include "body of water away from land" , "Unenclosed stretch of water" , "The main" , "Clear ocean" , "Unenclosed ocean" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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