Plaintive Melancholy Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 10, 2023

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	adjective • resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy adjective satellite • expressing sorrow often for something past
	45%	9		Expressing sorrow or melancholy
	adjective satellite • expressing sorrow
	39%	6		Making melancholy and plaintive sounds
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New York Times13 Sep 1979	Down 37
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