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You and I have nothing but grief (3)

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I believe the answer is:

woe

'grief' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'you and i have nothing' is the wordplay.
'you and i' becomes 'we'.
'have' indicates putting letters inside.
'nothing' becomes 'o' (looks like zero - 0).
'we' going around 'o' is 'WOE'.

'but' is the link.

(Other definitions for woe that I've seen before include "Misery - tribulation" , "Archaic sorrow or grief" , "Great sorrow, distress" , "Misery, great suffering" , "Difficulty" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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