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Unhappy with one's surroundings? Leave! (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

woebegone

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'unhappy' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'with one's surroundings? leave' is the wordplay.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'one's surroundings?' becomes 'woe' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'leave' becomes 'begone'.
'woe'+'begone' is 'WOEBEGONE'.

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(Other definitions for woebegone that I've seen before include "Sad, miserable" , "dismal look" , "Miserable-looking" , "crestfallen" , "forlorn state" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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