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Proprietor's depressing experience missing daughter (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

owner

'proprietor's' is the definition.
('owner' can be a synonym of 'proprietor')

'depressing experience missing daughter' is the wordplay.
'depressing experience' becomes 'downer' (I've seen this before).
'missing' is a deletion indicator.
'daughter' becomes 'd'.
'downer' with 'd' taken away is 'OWNER'.

(Other definitions for owner that I've seen before include "landlord" , "possessive type" , "Possessor, proprietor" , "Legal possessor" , "Keeper" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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