Crossword Genius

Mournful English member with current account (7)

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I believe the answer is:

elegiac

'mournful' is the definition.
(synonym)

'english member with current account' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'member' becomes 'leg' (I've seen this before**).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'current' becomes 'i' (symbol for electric current).
'account' becomes 'ac'.
'e'+'leg'+'i'+'ac'='ELEGIAC'

(Other definitions for elegiac that I've seen before include "Poetic, mournful" , "Mournful as in Gray's poem" , "Mournful, lamenting" , "Like classical couplets" , "Plaintive" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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