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Feeling stupid, son pushing daughter out (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sense

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'feeling stupid' is the definition.
'sense' can be an answer for 'feeling' (I've seen this before). I am not sure about the 'stupid' bit.

'son pushing daughter out' is the wordplay.
'son' becomes 's' (genealogical abbreviation for son).
'pushing daughter' becomes 'sene' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'out' is an insertion indicator.
's' going inside 'sene' is 'SENSE'.

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(Other definitions for sense that I've seen before include "smell, for example" , "Realistic attitude" , "Tenor" , "Practicality, often common (5)" , "Become aware of" .)

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