The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word DOWNCAST
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result DOWNCAST
- Blue shed on hill
- Blue feathers getting tossed
- NI county players in blue
- Dejected actors in county of Northern Ireland
- Blue feathers spread out
- Dejected players not running up-front
- 9 shed overlooked by hill
- County players dejected
- Head of department to confess to fling: feeling despondent
- Dejected when name is not top of the bill?
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The straight part
We know that "Dejected" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case dejected = downcast.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does DOWNCAST mean?
DOWNCAST noun- A cast from supertype to subtype.
- A melancholy look.
- A ventilating shaft down which the air passes in circulating through a mine.
- To cast or throw down; to turn downward.
- To taunt; to reproach; to upbraid.
- To cast from supertype to subtype.
- (of eyes) Looking downwards.
- (of a person) Feeling despondent.