Felt sympathy for semi-democrat in trouble (12)
I believe the answer is:
commiserated
'felt sympathy' is the definition.
'semi-democrat in trouble' is the wordplay.
'in trouble' indicates an anagram.
'semi'+'democrat'='semidemocrat'
'semidemocrat' anagrammed gives 'COMMISERATED'.
'for' is the link.
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