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Juvenile year-old antelope lying about (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

young

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

'year-old antelope lying about' is the wordplay.
'year' becomes 'y'.
'old' becomes 'o' (abbreviation as in OT - Old Testament).
'antelope lying' becomes 'gnu' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'about' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'gnu' reversed gives 'ung'.
'y'+'o'+'ung'='YOUNG'

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(Other definitions for young that I've seen before include "Offspring; immature" , "Mormon pioneer" , "issue" , "litter?" , "Offspring (of animals etc)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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