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Erect nice, new ways to express shyness (9)

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I believe the answer is:

reticence

'shyness' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'erect nice new ways' is the wordplay.
'new ways' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'new way' mean this).
'erect'+'nice'='erectnice'
'erectnice' with letters rearranged gives 'RETICENCE'.

'to express' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for reticence that I've seen before include "Restraint" , "Tendency to be reserved in communication" , "Unwillingness to talk" , "'Reserve, taciturnity (9)'" , "Tendency to hold back" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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