Comfort in distress (6)
I believe the answer is:
solace
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">comfort in distress</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for solace that I've seen before include "Comport" , "Kind of comfort - a close thing" , "console" , "Comfort in misery" , "Comfort in time of disappointment or sorrow" .)