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Adolescents irregularly eat greens (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

teenagers

'adolescents' is the definition.
('teenager' can be a synonym of 'adolescent')

'irregularly eat greens' is the wordplay.
'irregularly' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen this in other clues).
'eat'+'greens'='eatgreens'
'eatgreens' is an anagram of 'TEENAGERS'.

(Other definitions for teenagers that I've seen before include "Youngsters" , "They're aged between 13 and 19" , "They're between the onset of puberty and maturity, generally" , "Young people" , "Adolescents" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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