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Document stripped afterwards? Feel embarrassed (6)

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I believe the answer is:

writhe

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'feel embarrassed' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'document stripped afterwards?' is the wordplay.
'document' becomes 'writ' (writ is a kind of document).
'stripped' means to look at the middle letters.
'afterwards?' becomes 'then' (I've seen this before).
The central letters of 'then' are 'he'.
'writ'+'he'='WRITHE'

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(Other definitions for writhe that I've seen before include "Contort in pain" , "Wriggle" , "Move sinuously" , "worm" , "Struggle" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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