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Roses pined terribly for the blues (10)

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I believe the answer is:

depression

'blues' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'roses pined terribly' is the wordplay.
'terribly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'roses'+'pined'='rosespined'
'rosespined' with letters rearranged gives 'DEPRESSION'.

'for the' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for depression that I've seen before include "mental anguish" , "Bad times" , "Blues" , "valley" , "Nineteen twenty nine financial slump" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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