Embarrassed when theatrical person meets newsman (7)
I believe the answer is:
ashamed
'embarrassed' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)
'when theatrical person meets newsman' is the wordplay.
'when' becomes 'as'.
'theatrical person' becomes 'ham' (ham is a kind of person. I am not sure about the 'theatrical' bit.).
'meets' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'newsman' becomes 'ed'.
'as'+'ham'+'ed'='ASHAMED'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ashamed that I've seen before include "Feeling remorse and contrition" , "Chagrined" , "Mortified, humbled" , "Having painful regret for behaviour" , "Feeling embarrassed" .)