### Clue: Sad story reported dog and old women seized by enemy (4,2,3)
### Answer: TALE OF WOE 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Sad story
 **Homophone of**(reported) "tail"(to dog/to follow) + O(abbrev. for "old") + [W(abbrev. for "women") **contained in**(seized by) FOE(the enemy)].