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New lord and almost turned squire (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

landowner

'squire' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'new lord and almost turned' is the wordplay.
'almost' means to remove the last letter (most of the word but not all of it).
'turned' is an anagram indicator.
'new'+'lord'+'and'='newlordand'
'newlordand' with its last letter removed is 'newlordan'.
'newlordan' with letters rearranged gives 'LANDOWNER'.

(Other definitions for landowner that I've seen before include "Owner of an area" , "One may have lots of grass" , "man of property" , "One possessing estate" , "One with title to an area" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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