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Red-faced individual responsible for fake news? (7)

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I believe the answer is:

ashamed

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'red-faced' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'individual responsible for fake news?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'individual' could be 'sham' (sham is a kind of individual) and 'sham' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'aed' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for ashamed that I've seen before include "Embarrassed and Contrite" , "Abashed - embarrassed" , "Contrite or embrassed" , "Disconcerted with embarrassment" , "Troubled by feelings of guilt or embarrassment" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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