Possible Clues:

• Drowning Pool song we feel sorry for?
• Sorrow, compassion
• "No beast so fierce but knows some touch of __": "King Richard III"
• Sympathy is mine at journey¿s end
• It may be 'aw'-inspiring
• Weezer "This is Such a ___"
• "Such a shame"
• Schadenfreude's opposite
• Ruth to be mine before year
• Cause for regret's brief when husband leaves