Alien captain unhappy about everyone getting promoted (6)

Guardian Cryptic #29139 | 5 Down | 2023-08-03
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

A reversal (‘getting promoted’ in a down light) of SALLAD, an envelope (‘about’) of ALL (‘everyone’) in SAD (‘unhappy’), for the captain (played by Tom Skerritt) of the spaceship Nostromo in the film Alien.

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