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Friendless, solitary (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lonesome

<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">This clue is a double definition.<br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">friendless</span>' is the first definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">solitary</span>' is the second definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that solitary can be written as lonesome)</span><br/ ><br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for lonesome that I've seen before include "Solitary and sad" , "Isolated" , "Trail of the - Pine (Laurel and Hardy in Way Out West)" , "Sad and lonely" , "On one's own" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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