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Lose hope (7)

Ross

I think it could be either:

despair

despond

<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">lose hope</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(thesaurus)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for despond that I've seen before include "Its Slough, Bunyan" , "Become disheartened" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald, The Star Tribune, the Evening Standard, The Independent, The Telegraph and the Penny Press.
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