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Humiliated PM's predecessor kept in outhouse (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shamed

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'humiliated' is the definition.
(shame can mean to humiliate or make ashamed)

'pm's predecessor kept in outhouse' is the wordplay.
'pm's predecessor' becomes 'am' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'kept in' is an insertion indicator.
'outhouse' becomes 'shed' (a shed is an outside building).
'am' put inside 'shed' is 'SHAMED'.

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(Other definitions for shamed that I've seen before include "brought into disrepute" , "Embarrassed" , "Dishonoured, disgraced" , "Abashed" , "in disgrace?" .)

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