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Reflecting Hamlet, perhaps term for that? (6)

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I believe the answer is:

tragic

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'term for that?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'reflecting hamlet perhaps' is the wordplay.
'reflecting' says the letters should be written backwards.
'hamlet' becomes 'cigar' (Hamlet is a brand of cigar).
'perhaps' becomes 't' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'cigar'+'t'='cigart'
'cigart' in reverse letter order is 'TRAGIC'.

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(Other definitions for tragic that I've seen before include "Extremely sad and distressing" , "Exceedingly sad" , "Calamitous, very sad" , "Terrible" , "Terribly sad and distressing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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