Sad record keeping people awake? (12)
I believe the answer is:
disconsolate
'sad' is the definition.
(I know that sad can be written as disconsolate)
'record keeping people awake?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'record' could be 'disc' (eg a CD, compact disc) and 'disc' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for disconsolate that I've seen before include "Sad; beyond comfort" , "Low in spirits" , "Melancholy" , "Stuck with the blues" , "Unhappy and unable to be comforted" .)