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Unwanted lingerie I put down, looking embarrassed (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

undesired

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'unwanted' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'lingerie i put down looking embarrassed' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'i' is found in the answer.
'down' could be 'd' and 'd' is found within the answer.
'embarrassed' could be 'red' (someone may blush or go red when embarrassed) and 'red' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for undesired that I've seen before include "not popular" , "Not wanted" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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