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Tears accompanying this rueful exclamation? (5,4,2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

thats torn it

'rueful exclamation?' is the definition.
(expression said in response to something bad)

I can't explain the remainder of the clue.

(Other definitions for thats torn it that I've seen before include "Now everything's ruined!" , "All plans are now spoilt!" , "Blast" , "Throw into jail" , "for God's sake!" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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