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Humiliation in a cellar (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

abasement

'humiliation' is the definition.
(abasement is a kind of humiliation)

'a cellar?' is the wordplay.
'cellar?' becomes 'basement' (both can mean the space underneath a house).
'a'+'basement'='ABASEMENT'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for abasement that I've seen before include "Putting down" , "will humiliate us" , "belittling" , "Humiliating situation" , "Mean beast (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express, The Telegraph and The Times.
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