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She tried an alternative being cast down (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dishearten

'being cast down' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'she tried an alternative' is the wordplay.
'alternative' indicates anagramming the letters (an alternative ordering of the letters).
'she'+'tried'+'an'='shetriedan'
'shetriedan' anagrammed gives 'DISHEARTEN'.

(Other definitions for dishearten that I've seen before include "Take hope from" , "Bring down" , "dismay?" , "Put a damper on" , "cast down" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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