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Shows embarrassment in places socialists frequent? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

reddens

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'shows embarrassment' is the definition.

'places socialists frequent?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'places' could be 'dens' (den is a kind of place) and 'dens' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'red' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'in' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Another definition for reddens that I've seen is " Blushes".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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