Beginning to develop (7)

I think it could be either:

nascent

budding

'beginning to develop' is the definition.
(nascent means developing or new)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for nascent that I've seen before include "Freshly generated" , "starting to happen" , "Dawning" , "Starting existence" , "Incipient" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian, The Independent, the Wall Street Journal, the King Feature Syndicate, The Times and The Telegraph.

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