Sad lady leaving city gets bottom pinched (6)
I believe the answer is:
dreary
'sad' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'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).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dreary that I've seen before include "Dismal, funeral" , "Overcast" , "Cheerless and depressing" , "Dismal, depressing" , "Dull and depressing" .)