Stable incident has me turning prude, extremely embarrassed (4-8)
I believe the answer is:
even-tempered
'stable' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'incident has me turning prude extremely embarrassed' is the wordplay.
'incident' becomes 'event' (an incident is an event or happening).
'has' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'turning' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'extremely' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters) (only the extremes of the word are used).
'embarrassed' becomes 'red' (someone may blush or go red when embarrassed).
'prude' with its middle taken out is 'pe'.
'me' in reverse letter order is 'em'.
'event'+'em'+'pe'+'red'='EVEN-TEMPERED'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for even-tempered that I've seen before include "Imperturbable" , "Not easily annoyed" , "Calm, equable" , "Of calm disposition" , "Placid, calm" .)