The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word DOLOROSO
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More clues leading to the result DOLOROSO
- Daughter with sherry – feeling like drowning her sorrows?
- Sorrowful party left approximately nothing inside
- Start to drink sherry, pathetically!
- Lecturer, in entrance unoccupied, outlines Tom’s second term in music
- Sadly, do see spoor getting lost with power gone
- Duke’s opening sherry in a mournful manner
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The straight part
We know that "feeling like drowning her sorrows?" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case feeling like drowning her sorrows? = doloroso.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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