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Supposed fool gets extremely embarrassed about hesitant remark (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

assumed

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'supposed' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'fool gets extremely embarrassed about hesitant remark' is the wordplay.
'fool' becomes 'ass' (both can mean a stupid person).
'gets' says to put letters next to each other.
'extremely' suggests removing the centre (only the extremes of the word are used).
'about' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'hesitant remark' becomes 'um' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'embarrassed' with its centre removed is 'ed'.
'ed' put after 'um' is 'umed'.
'ass' put next to 'umed' is 'ASSUMED'.

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(Other definitions for assumed that I've seen before include "Bogus" , "Affected; supposed" , "Took (control)" , "Falsely adopted" , "Seized" .)

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