The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word DIRGE
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More clues leading to the result DIRGE
- For example, deliver backing for sorrowful song
- Lament online network going the wrong way
- Sad song in Matrix about Neo's heart
- Dragging piece free from below, get cut
- Group's leader cutting dreadful lament
- Raised grating voice finally in lament
- Terrible setting for end of boring requiem
- Lament withdrawal of eastern network
- Elegy, say, cleared up
- Mournful song from first of Dylan’s Island records with two chords
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The straight part
We know that "lament" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case lament = dirge.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does DIRGE mean?
DIRGE noun- A mournful poem or piece of music composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person.
- A song or piece of music that is considered too slow, bland or boring.
- To sing dirges