As trade’s bad all round, he is unhappy (5,1,4)
I believe the answer is:
sheds a tear
'unhappy' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.
'as trade's bad all round he' is the wordplay.
'bad' indicates an anagram.
'all round' is an insertion indicator.
'as'+'trades'='astrades'
'astrades' is an anagram of 'sdsatear'.
'sdsatear' enclosing 'he' is 'SHEDS A TEAR'.
'is' is the link.
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