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When revealed, cast out with a cry of pain (6)

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I believe the answer is:

showed

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'when revealed' is the definition.
'showed' can be an answer for 'revealed' ('show' can be a synonym of 'reveal'). I am not sure about the 'when' bit.

'cast out with a cry of pain' is the wordplay.
'cast out' becomes 'shed' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'with' indicates putting letters inside.
'a cry of pain' becomes 'ow' (exclamation of pain).
'shed' going around 'ow' is 'SHOWED'.

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(Other definitions for showed that I've seen before include "Demonstrated or displayed" , "presented" , "Demonstrated or depicted" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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