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I'm sad, wandering at large and miserable (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dismal

'miserable' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'i'm sad wandering at large' is the wordplay.
'wandering' indicates an anagram.
'at' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'large' becomes 'l'.
'im'+'sad'='imsad'
'imsad' with letters rearranged gives 'disma'.
'disma'+'l'='DISMAL'

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for dismal that I've seen before include "Dreary, cheerless" , "Dull and dreary" , "not a cheerful outlook ..." , "Very disappointing" , "Depressing; dreary" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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