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Gave up, visibly embarrassed about new cat (9)

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I believe the answer is:

renounced

'gave up' is the definition.
(renouncing is a kind of giving up)

'visibly embarrassed about new cat' is the wordplay.
'visibly embarrassed' becomes 'red'.
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'new' becomes 'n'.
'cat' becomes 'ounce' (ounce is a kind of cat**).
'n'+'ounce'='nounce'
'red' placed around 'nounce' is 'RENOUNCED'.

(Another definition for renounced that I've seen is " Gave up".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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