Women make me sad (5)

I believe the answer is:

dames

'women' is the definition.
(dame is a kind of woman)

'make me sad' is the wordplay.
'make' indicates anagramming the letters.
'me'+'sad'='mesad'
'mesad' with letters rearranged gives 'DAMES'.

(Other definitions for dames that I've seen before include "Knighted or slangy women" , "Pantomime men as women" , "Honoured women" , "Women (US sl.)" , "English ladies - American women" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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