Embarrassed by his position just under the female record (8)
I believe the answer is:
sheepish
'embarrassed' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'his position just under the female record' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'his' is 'ish' which is located in the answer.
'female' could be 'she' ('she' refers to a woman) and 'she' is found in the answer.
'record' could be 'ep' (abbreviation for extended play record) and 'ep' is found in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'by' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sheepish that I've seen before include "Shamefaced, embarrassed" , "Ashamed" , "describing 3 [ROMNEY] ?" , "Bashful and embarrassed like woolly creature" , "embarrassment" .)