The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 12 letter word DISCONSOLATE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result DISCONSOLATE
- Feeling low, listening to CD after midnight
- Miserable record playing into the small hours
- Low temperature in Iceland, so doubly shivery!
- Record playing in the small hours – Mood Indigo?
- Wretched record playing well into the night?
- Detective’s rubbish, taking over, holding criminal down
- Sad and is close to tears
- Miserable place for dancing — last one awful
- Low criminal very slow trailing detectives
- Record playing in the small hours — ‘Mood Indigo’?
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The straight part
We know that "Sad" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case sad = disconsolate.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does DISCONSOLATE mean?
DISCONSOLATE noun- Disconsolateness.
- Cheerless, dreary.
- Seemingly beyond consolation; inconsolable.