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Depressed beauty entered building to pick up cocaine essentially (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

disheartened

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'depressed' is the definition.
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'beauty entered building to pick up cocaine essentially' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'beauty' could be 'dish' (slang term for an attractive person) and 'dish' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for disheartened that I've seen before include "Upset; downcast" , "Having lost determination or confidence" , "Crestfallen" , "Discouraged" , "Despondent" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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