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[galma]

7d A sorrowful one you’d hear from the rank and file (4) ? I ??

[Mamyalynne]

Tier

[galma]

Thank you Mamyalynne

[Mamyalynne]

Hope it's right, made sense when I typed it.

A sorrowful one - Tear, sounds like - Tier

[Canary42]

Good job you've got the "I" - With these sort of clues I find it sometimes difficult to decide which answer to put - in this case my options of course would have been TIER or TEAR - but the I has it !