The old, old tale of being so loveless and blue? (5)
I believe the answer is:
story
'the old old tale' is the definition.
'story' can be an answer for 'tale' (synonyms). I am not certain of the 'the old old' bit.
'so loveless and blue?' is the wordplay.
'so loveless' becomes 's' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'blue?' becomes 'tory' (I've seen this in other clues).
's'+'tory'='STORY'
'of being' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for story that I've seen before include "Anecdote" , "Rumour" , "See 10 and 19" , "Account, tale" , "Tale - lie" .)