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The employees get depressed easily

Ross

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handsdown

'easily' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'the employees get depressed' is the wordplay.
'the employees' becomes 'hands' (hand is a kind of employee).
'get' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'depressed' becomes 'down' (synonyms).
'hands'+'down'='HANDS DOWN'

(Another definition for handsdown that I've seen is " easily".)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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