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Modest or awfully rude, me? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

demure

'modest' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'awfully rude me?' is the wordplay.
'awfully' is an anagram indicator.
'rude'+'me'='rudeme'
'rudeme' with letters rearranged gives 'DEMURE'.

'or' is the link.

(Other definitions for demure that I've seen before include "Modestly behaved" , "Coy, shy" , "Affectedly quiet and serious" , "Prim, coy" , "Prim and proper" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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