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Sad English member upset CIA (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

elegiac

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

'english member upset cia' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'member' becomes 'leg' (member can mean a limb).
'upset' is an anagram indicator.
'cia' with letters rearranged gives 'iac'.
'e'+'leg'+'iac'='ELEGIAC'

(Other definitions for elegiac that I've seen before include "Thoughtful" , "Plaintive" , "Mournful or sad as poem may be" , "Poetic, mournful" , "Lie in cage being poetically mournful" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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