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Sad lady leaving city gets bottom pinched (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dreary

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'sad' is the definition.
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'lady leaving city gets bottom pinched' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'lady' could be 'rea' and 'rea' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'dry' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for dreary that I've seen before include "Dismal, funeral" , "Overcast" , "Cheerless and depressing" , "Dismal, depressing" , "Dull and depressing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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