Crossword Genius

Talk over lease over some property (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chattel

'some property' is the definition.
(chattel is a kind of property)

'talk over lease over' is the wordplay.
'talk' becomes 'chat' (chat can mean to talk).
'over' means one lot of letters go next to another (in a down clue, some letters go over others).
'lease' becomes 'let' (synonyms).
'over' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'let' written backwards gives 'tel'.
'chat'+'tel'='CHATTEL'

(Other definitions for chattel that I've seen before include "Movable possession" , "something one owns" , "Personal possession" , "Piece of portable property" , "Item of non-freehold property" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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