Sorrowful feeling when ace Quaker colonist is wrecked (7)
I believe the answer is:
penance
'sorrowful feeling' is the definition.
'penance' can be an answer for 'feeling' (penance is a kind of feeling). I am not certain of the 'sorrowful' bit.
'ace quaker colonist is wrecked' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'ace' could be 'a' (abbreviation) and 'a' is found within the answer.
'quaker' could be 'penn' (Quaker and founder of Pennsylvania William Penn) and 'penn' is found in the remaining letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'when' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for penance that I've seen before include "Self-inflicted punishment for wrongdoing" , "act of expiation" , "Reparation" , "Voluntary self-punishment" , "Act of contrition" .)