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Landlord collects mail and printed matter (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

letterpress

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'printed matter' is the definition.
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'landlord collects mail' is the wordplay.
'landlord' becomes 'letter' (landlords let property).
'collects mail' becomes 'press' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'letter'+'press'='LETTERPRESS'

'and' is the link.

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(Other definitions for letterpress that I've seen before include "reading matter" , "Printing technique" , "Text, not illustrations; printing from raised type" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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