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Romantic laments tiniest failing (14)

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I believe the answer is:

sentimentalist

'romantic' is the definition.
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'laments tiniest failing' is the wordplay.
'failing' is an anagram indicator.
'laments'+'tiniest'='lamentstiniest'
'lamentstiniest' with letters rearranged gives 'SENTIMENTALIST'.

(Other definitions for sentimentalist that I've seen before include "Nostalgic chap" , "Soppy person" , "One who's sloppy" , "Romantic" , "Being overemotional" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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