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Anne plays with a lot of babies (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

neonatal

'of babies' is the definition.
(I know this)

'anne plays with a lot' is the wordplay.
'plays with' indicates an anagram.
'a'+'lot'='alot'
'anne' with its letters mixed up with 'alot' makes 'NEONATAL'.

(Other definitions for neonatal that I've seen before include "Describing newly-born" , "Relating to newborns" , "Like clinic" , "at a very young age" , "Of a new-born infant" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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