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Anything sad, idea to be worked on now (2,4,3,3,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

in this day and age

'now' is the definition.
(in this day and age means in contemporary times)

'anything sad idea to be worked' is the wordplay.
'to be worked' is an anagram indicator.
'anything'+'sad'+'idea'='anythingsadidea'
'anythingsadidea' is an anagram of 'IN THIS DAY AND AGE'.

'on' is the link.

(Another definition for in this day and age that I've seen is " at the present time".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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