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Troubled Penny toddles around, showing hope is lost? (12)

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I believe the answer is:

despondently

'showing hope is lost?' is the definition.

'troubled penny toddles' is the wordplay.
'troubled' indicates anagramming the letters.
'penny'+'toddles'='pennytoddles'
'pennytoddles' anagrammed gives 'DESPONDENTLY'.

'around' acts as a link.

(Another definition for despondently that I've seen is " Dejectedly, hopelessly".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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