The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word DEPLORE
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result DEPLORE
- Duke to look round, dropping Times in censure
- Deeply regret daughter learning about record
- Condemn daughter and Romeo getting admission to elope at sea
- Object to banks in dire place, journey regularly taken
- Mourn eccentric old peer
- Express disapproval of traditional history written by deputy
- Mourn ailing old peer
- Disapprove of waving red pole
- Feel grief for dead and record traditions
- Record in old collection has soldiers’ lament
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The straight part
We know that "Deeply regret" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case deeply regret = deplore.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does DEPLORE mean?
DEPLORE verb- To bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for.
- To condemn; to express strong disapproval of.
- To regard as hopeless; to give up.