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Miserable kind of clue this ultimately is (4)

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I believe the answer is:

down

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'miserable' is the definition.

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(Other definitions for down that I've seen before include "Soft feathers; direction" , "Depressed - feathers" , "Pillow filler - dejected" , "like the other set of clues" , "Where this clue is going" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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