The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word WOEBEGONE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result WOEBEGONE
- Blue net, for example, I used to catch duck
- Octopus originally caught in net close to home left with a sad expression
- Miserable? Cheer up!
- Sad-looking whore regularly ignored? Get away!
- Wretched internet with nothing in, for example on energy
- Without love, we ask person to be sad
- Unhappy women discontentedly oppose desire before lunchtime
- Beset by grief, broken, we beg no-one to lose love.
- Sorry expression for one banishing the blues
- European in backward part of ship, say, individual looking dismal
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The straight part
We know that "Wretched" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case wretched = woebegone.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does WOEBEGONE mean?
WOEBEGONE adjective- In a deplorable state.
- Filled with or deeply affected by woe.