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Home-improvement
work
with
little
drilling,
sadly
(8)
Home-improvement work with little drilling, sadly (8)
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The definition is at the end of the clue.
How the clue works
Look at sadly — that's your definition. For the wordplay, take DIY (home-improvement work) and SMALL (little), then anagram all those letters together, with "drilling" signalling the anagram, and you get DISMALLY.