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Miserable place for dancing -- last one awful (12)

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I believe the answer is:

disconsolate

'miserable' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'place for dancing last one awful' is the wordplay.
'place for dancing' becomes 'disco'.
'awful' is an anagram indicator.
'last'+'one'='lastone'
'lastone' with letters rearranged gives 'nsolate'.
'disco'+'nsolate'='DISCONSOLATE'

(Other definitions for disconsolate that I've seen before include "Unhappy and impossible to comfort" , "Very sad or disappointed" , "Unhappy and unable to be comforted" , "Melancholy" , "Dejected" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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