Conservative party member that’s out of government to express sorrow (7)
I believe the answer is:
condole
'sorrow' is the definition.
(I know that condole is a type of sympathise)
'conservative party member that's out' is the wordplay.
'conservative' becomes 'con' (abbreviation for Conservative).
'party' becomes 'do' (do is a kind of party).
'member' becomes 'leg' (member can mean a limb).
'that's out' means to remove the last letter.
'leg' with its final letter taken away is 'le'.
'con'+'do'+'le'='CONDOLE'
'of government to express' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for condole that I've seen before include "Commiserate" , "Cold one (anag.)" , "Express sympathy or sorrow" , "Sympathise" .)