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Feeling sorry for number one infuriates tipsy elf (4-4)

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I believe the answer is:

self-pity

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'feeling' is the definition.
(I have seen 'ignoble feeling' mean 'self pity' so perhaps 'feeling' could also mean 'self pity')

'sorry for number one infuriates tipsy elf' is the wordplay.
'tipsy elf' can be anagrammed to 'SELF-PITY'.
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(Other definitions for self-pity that I've seen before include "(Surgical) cut" , "Inwardly-directed compassion" , "Excessive unhappiness at one's lot" , "State of feeling sorry for one's own situation" , "Inward maudlin sorrow" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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