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Tale of woe from Fisher never-ending, I notice (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

jeremiad

'tale of woe' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'fisher never-ending i notice' is the wordplay.
'fisher' becomes 'jeremy' (Jeremy Fisher).
'never ending' means to remove the last letter.
'notice' becomes 'ad'.
'jeremy' with its final letter removed is 'jerem'.
'jerem'+'i'+'ad'='JEREMIAD'

'from' is the link.

(Other definitions for jeremiad that I've seen before include "Mournful complaint; list of woes" , "tale of woe" , "Long mournful lament about one's troubles" , "Long mournful complaint" , "Catalogue of complaint, woe" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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