The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word THRENODY
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More clues leading to the result THRENODY
- Lament number finally lacking teacher put back a year
- They’d no end of dolour sadly rendering mournful song
- Drone playing amid your old lament
- Lament changes made by trendy host
- Your song of mourning could be rendered as ‘thy drone’
- Mournful song Rodney composed on Thursday
- Dreadful drone interrupts your lamentable song
- ‘Bretheren, Odysseus has a sad air‘
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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 = threnody.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does THRENODY mean?
THRENODY noun- A song or poem of lamentation or mourning for a dead person; a dirge; an elegy.