Sad attempt to accommodate the old (7)
I believe the answer is:
tragedy
'sad attempt to accommodate the old' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'attempt to accommodate the old' is the wordplay.
'attempt' becomes 'try' (I've seen this before).
'to accommodate' is an insertion indicator.
'the old' becomes 'aged' (I've seen this before).
'try' going around 'aged' is 'TRAGEDY'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tragedy that I've seen before include "Play with sad ending" , "shocking event" , "play such as Othello" , "Sophoclean drama" , "play such as Electra" .)