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Pressure sweetheart in careless propositions (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

premises

'propositions' is the definition.
(I know this)

'pressure sweetheart in careless' is the wordplay.
'pressure' becomes 'p' (abbreviation).
'sweetheart' becomes 'e' (the heart/centre of 'sweet').
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'careless' becomes 'remiss' (I've seen this before).
'e' going inside 'remiss' is 'remises'.
'p'+'remises'='PREMISES'

(Other definitions for premises that I've seen before include "States" , "Property" , "Buildings occupied by businesses" , "Building, place of business" , "propositions that start off arguments" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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