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Ownership in advance is very attractive (13)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

prepossessing

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'attractive' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'ownership in advance is' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'in' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'very' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for prepossessing that I've seen before include "looking good" , "Attractive" , "winning" , "Fetching" .)

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