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You and I have nothing but sadness (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

woe

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

'you and i have nothing' is the wordplay.
'you and i' becomes 'we' (we means you and I).
'have' is an insertion indicator.
'nothing' becomes 'O' (O resembles 0).
'we' placed around 'o' is 'WOE'.

'but' is the link.

(Other definitions for woe that I've seen before include "Tale content?" , "Misfortune" , "'Wednesday's child is full of ...'" , "Misery - tribulation" , "Archaic sorrow or distress" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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