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You and I have nothing but misery (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

woe

'misery' is the definition.
(woe is a kind of misery)

'you and i have nothing' is the wordplay.
'you and i' becomes 'we'.
'have' is an insertion indicator.
'nothing' becomes 'O' (looks like zero - 0).
'we' enclosing 'o' is 'WOE'.

'but' is the link.

(Other definitions for woe that I've seen before include "Tale content?" , "Difficulty" , "Misery - tribulation" , "Misfortune" , "Grief, misery" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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