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Being green, not high on calories (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

callow

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'being green' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'not high on calories' is the wordplay.
'not high' becomes 'low' ('low' is the opposite to 'high').
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'calories' becomes 'cal' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'low' after 'cal' is 'CALLOW'.

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(Other definitions for callow that I've seen before include "Immature and inexperienced, like youth" , "Jejune" , "Green" , "Young and inexperienced" , "lacking experience of life" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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