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Second lot of ashes likely emptied with sadness (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mournfully

'with sadness' is the definition.
(in a way suggestive of mourning)

'second lot of ashes likely emptied' is the wordplay.
'second' becomes 'mo' (both are short periods of time).
'lot of ashes' becomes 'urnful' (ashes are contained in an urn).
'emptied' means to remove the middle letters.
'likely' with its centre taken out is 'ly'.
'mo'+'urnful'+'ly'='MOURNFULLY'

(Another definition for mournfully that I've seen is " Sadly".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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