Daughter with sherry - feeling like drowning her sorrows? (8)

I believe the answer is:

doloroso

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'feeling like drowning her sorrows?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'daughter with sherry' is the wordplay.
'daughter' becomes 'd'.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'sherry' becomes 'oloroso' (I've seen this before).
'd'+'oloroso'='DOLOROSO'

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(Another definition for doloroso that I've seen is " Sadly".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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