Sad beyond comfort (12)

I believe the answer is:

disconsolate

(Other definitions for disconsolate that I've seen before include "Melancholy" , "Woebegone" , "Stuck with the blues" , "Unhappy and impossible to comfort" , "Dejected" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror and The Times.

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