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Feel sorry, in a way, for the French (3)

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I believe the answer is:

rue

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'feel sorry' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'a way for the french' is the wordplay.
'a way' becomes 'e' (Compass direction - East).
'for' means one lot of letters go next to another (I've seen this in other clues).
'the french' becomes 'ru' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'e' put after 'ru' is 'RUE'.

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for rue that I've seen before include "Fish eggs" , "French way" , "Feel sorry" , "show you're sorry!" , "Feel bad" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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