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Sheepish fake journalist's drinking mug (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shamefaced

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'sheepish' is the definition.
('shamefaced' can be a synonym of 'sheepish')

'fake journalist's drinking mug' is the wordplay.
'fake journalist' becomes 'shamed' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'drinking' is an insertion indicator.
'mug' becomes 'face' (I've seen this before).
'shamed' placed around 'face' is 'SHAMEFACED'.

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(Other definitions for shamefaced that I've seen before include "Sorry-looking" , "Showing guilty embarrassment" , "Sheepish" , "Looking humiliated" , "Red" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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