Sorry Watts had dry heaves (8)

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wretched

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'sorry' is the definition.
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'watts had dry heaves' is the wordplay.
'watts' becomes 'w' (this might be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'had dry heaves' becomes 'retched' (to retch is to dry heave).
'w'+'retched'='WRETCHED'

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(Other definitions for wretched that I've seen before include "Very unhappy, miserable" , "Hapless" , "Abject" , "awful" , "Distressingly bad" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.

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