Boy band with endless patter (9)

I believe the answer is:

stripling

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

'band with endless patter' is the wordplay.
'band' becomes 'strip' (both can mean a small piece of material).
'with endless patter' becomes 'ling' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'strip'+'ling'='STRIPLING'

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(Other definitions for stripling that I've seen before include "Young man" , "Lad" , "Young 'un" , "Youth" , "youngster" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times.

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