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Awkwardness of one getting undressed holding record and bird (10)

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I believe the answer is:

ineptitude

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'awkwardness' is the definition.
(I know that awkwardness can be written as ineptitude)

'one getting undressed holding record and bird' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'one' could be 'i' (Roman numeral) and 'i' is found in the answer.
'record' could be 'ep' (abbreviation for extended play record) and 'ep' is present in the answer.
'and' could be 'n' (common abbreviation for 'and') and 'n' is found within the answer.
'bird' could be 'tit' (tit is a kind of bird) and 'tit' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for ineptitude that I've seen before include "lack of competence" , "Awkwardness, clumsiness" , "Incompetence" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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