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One's embarrassed for ages (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eons

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'ages' is the definition.
(eon is a kind of age)

'one's embarrassed' is the wordplay.
'one's' anagrams to 'EONS'.
But, I am not clear how this is indicated.

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for eons that I've seen before include "Times" , "Long periods of time - noes have it" , "Years and years" , "Divisions of archaeological time" , "Very long periods (US)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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