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Son cooking made a chef embarrassed (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shamefaced

'embarrassed' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'son cooking made a chef' is the wordplay.
'son' becomes 's'.
'cooking' indicates an anagram.
'made'+'a'+'chef'='madeachef'
'madeachef' with letters rearranged gives 'hamefaced'.
's'+'hamefaced'='SHAMEFACED'

(Other definitions for shamefaced that I've seen before include "Red" , "Sorry-looking" , "Very modest, bashful" , "Sheepish" , "Embarrassed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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