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Mortified drone showed sign of injury (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

humbled

'mortified' is the definition.
('humble' can be a synonym of 'mortify')

'drone showed sign of injury' is the wordplay.
'drone' becomes 'hum' (drone can mean to make a humming sound).
'showed sign of injury' becomes 'bled'.
'hum'+'bled'='HUMBLED'

(Other definitions for humbled that I've seen before include "Brought low" , "Crushed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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