Possible Clues:

• Commiserate
• Express sympathy (with)
• Conservative party member that's out of government to express sorrow
• Express sympathy or sorrow
• Sympathise with a number drawing unemployment benefit
• Sympatise with Cornelius getting unemployment pay
• Sympathise with number drawing unemployment benefit
• Sympathise with the old, exercising to get in shape
• Study the benefit as comfort in bereavement
• Cold one (anag.)