Left in sadness, Scroogelike (7)
I believe the answer is:
miserly
'scroogelike' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'left in sadness' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'left' could be 'l' (common abbreviation) and 'l' is located in the answer.
'sadness' could be 'misery' (misery is a kind of sadness) and 'misery' is located in the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for miserly that I've seen before include "Niggardly" , "Near" , "Parsimonious" , "Mean with money" , "Like Scrooge" .)