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Disheartened daughter supports protest Israel condemned (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

demoralised

'disheartened' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'daughter supports protest israel condemned' is the wordplay.
'daughter' becomes 'd' (genealogical abbreviation).
'supports' means one lot of letters go next to another (bottom letters provide a support for the top ones).
'protest' becomes 'demo' (demonstration).
'condemned' indicates an anagram.
'israel' with letters rearranged gives 'ralise'.
'demo'+'ralise'='demoralise'
'd' put after 'demoralise' is 'DEMORALISED'.

(Other definitions for demoralised that I've seen before include "Disheartened" , "despairing" , "Having lost confidence" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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