One grieving and smarting over argument with king (8)

'one grieving' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'smarting over argument with king' is the wordplay.
'smarting' becomes 'sore' (I've seen this in another clue).
'over' indicates putting letters inside.
'argument' becomes 'row' (to row is to argue).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'king' becomes 'R' (abbreviation of Latin rex).
'sore' going around 'row' is 'sorrowe'.
'sorrowe'+'r'='SORROWER'

'and' is the link.