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The first person singular repeated in confusion (4)

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I believe the answer is:

mess

'confusion' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'the first person singular repeated' is the wordplay.
'the first person' becomes 'me' (first-person pronoun**).
'singular' becomes 's' (abbreviation sometimes used in dictionaries).
'repeated' shows that letters should be duplicated.
's' doubled is 'ss'.
'me'+'ss'='MESS'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for mess that I've seen before include "dog's dinner" , "Confused situation" , "Where officers eat" , "Army dining room" , "Dog's breakfast" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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