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Hopelessness I spread about (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

despair

'hopelessness' is the definition.
(despair is a kind of hopelessness)

'i spread about' is the wordplay.
'about' indicates an anagram.
'i'+'spread'='ispread'
'ispread' with letters rearranged gives 'DESPAIR'.

(Other definitions for despair that I've seen before include "Total loss of hope" , "State of having lost all hope" , "Feeling of hopelessness" , "sort of counsel?" , "Resignation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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