Solution for 2 April cryptic crossword clue

Hear about old shocking event (7)

Solution – Tragedy

“About” here doesn’t mean ‘c’ or ‘re’ (from the Latin) but means literally that a word meaning “hear” is about or around another word meaning “old”.  So “try” in the sense of try a court case is around “aged”.  That combination comes up with a word that means a shocking event.


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