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Acute embarrassment (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shame

(Other definitions for shame that I've seen before include "Disgrace, intense regret" , "Humiliation; dishonour" , "Feeling of humiliation" , "Painful emotion resulting from guilt" , "disgraceful" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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