The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word TRAGEDY
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More clues leading to the result TRAGEDY
- Hear about ancient format Sophocles deployed
- Attempt to accommodate ancient play like Hamlet
- . Attempt to host elderly drama
- Heartless Tory stifles anger over daughter’s misfortune
- Macbeth may be back, for example with pictures — extremely dreary
- Great work, primarily drama, ending in misery?
- Grizzly caught by shot, calamity!
- Disaster outraged young nurses
- Crack across old filling is calamity
- Turn old when locked up for comedy? On the contrary
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The straight part
We know that "calamity" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case calamity = tragedy.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does TRAGEDY mean?
TRAGEDY noun- A drama or similar work, in which the main character is brought to ruin or otherwise suffers the extreme consequences of some tragic flaw or weakness of character.
- The genre of such works, and the art of producing them.
- A disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury.