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Right to have hard feelings about water pixie (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sprite

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'water pixie' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'right to have hard feelings' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'right' could be 'r' (common abbreviation) and 'r' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'spite' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'about' is the link.

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(Other definitions for sprite that I've seen before include "Nimble elf-like creature - icon in computer game" , "Dainty type" , "Naiad" , "Stripe on a fairy" , "Elf, fairy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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