Embarrassed by artist connecting papers with newer versions (8)
I believe the answer is:
redrafts
'connecting papers with newer versions' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'embarrassed by artist' is the wordplay.
'embarrassed' becomes 'red' (I've seen this before).
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'artist' becomes 'rafts' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'red'+'rafts'='REDRAFTS'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for redrafts that I've seen is " Modifies".)