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Tea with fool we prepared in sad story (4,2,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tale of woe

'sad story' is the definition.

'tea with fool we prepared' is the wordplay.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'prepared' indicates an anagram.
'fool'+'we'='foolwe'
'tea' after 'foolwe' is 'foolwetea'.
'foolwetea' with letters rearranged gives 'TALE OF WOE'.

'in' is the link.

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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