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Misery as pride damaged (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

despair

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

'as pride damaged' is the wordplay.
'damaged' indicates an anagram.
'as'+'pride'='aspride'
'aspride' anagrammed gives 'DESPAIR'.

(Other definitions for despair that I've seen before include "Resignation" , "Lose or lack hope" , "A spider (anag.)" , "Praised (anag) - lose hope" , "Total loss of hope" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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