Dressed up cellars, bringing in touch of hope - no longer this? (10)
I believe the answer is:
sepulchral
'no longer this?' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun but the answer is not.
'dressed up cellars bringing in touch of hope' is the wordplay.
'dressed' indicates an anagram ('dress' can mean 'prepare').
'bringing in' is an insertion indicator.
'touch of' indicates taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'hope' is 'h'.
'up'+'cellars'='upcellars'
'upcellars' anagrammed gives 'sepulcral'.
'sepulcral' enclosing 'h' is 'SEPULCHRAL'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sepulchral that I've seen before include "offering gloomy tones" , "from the grave" .)