The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word PASADENA
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result PASADENA
- Write article about a miserable place in California
- City in Pennsylvania, and port in South America
- Californian city as soon as possible returned DNA sample, finally enclosed
- Ebbing, a tide keeping down in California city
- Father’s unhappy over girl in California
- Dad with downcast girl in city in 23
- Returned without delay to study area – this one’s in the US
- Writer has article about a sorrowful American city
- City in Pennsylvania, and port in South Africa
- Dad going to port in South Africa or city in America?
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The cryptic/wordplay part
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