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Narcissists say it's so messed up (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

egoists

'narcissists' is the definition.

'say it's so messed up' is the wordplay.
'say' becomes 'eg'.
'messed up' indicates an anagram.
'its'+'so'='itsso'
'itsso' is an anagram of 'oists'.
'eg'+'oists'='EGOISTS'

(Another definition for egoists that I've seen is " Selfish, vain types".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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