Dreary accommodation in north Italy abandoned? Goodness (6)
I believe the answer is:
gloomy
'dreary' is the definition.
(I know that dreary can be written as gloomy)
'accommodation in north italy abandoned? goodness' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'goodness' could be 'my' (both are exclamations of surprise) and 'my' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for gloomy that I've seen before include "Depressingly dark" , "Shadowy" , "Dark - pessimistic" , "Dismal, drab" , "'Morose, glum (6)'" .)