Unable to face house or pad guest trashed (8)

I believe the answer is:

upstaged

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'unable to face house' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'pad guest trashed' is the wordplay.
'trashed' is an anagram indicator.
'pad'+'guest'='padguest'
'padguest' with letters rearranged gives 'UPSTAGED'.

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(Other definitions for upstaged that I've seen before include "Outshone" , "Drew attention to oneself away from someone else" , "Drew attention from (another actor)" , "Diverted attention from - another actor?" , "Outmanoeuvred by player" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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