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Sad record keeping people awake? (12)

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I believe the answer is:

disconsolate

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'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...

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(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" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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