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Boy's story enthralling tot (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

laddie

'boy's' is the definition.
(laddie is a kind of boy)

'story enthralling tot' is the wordplay.
'story' becomes 'lie' (I've seen this before).
'enthralling' is an insertion indicator.
'tot' becomes 'add' ('add' can be a synonym of 'tot').
'lie' placed around 'add' is 'LADDIE'.

(Other definitions for laddie that I've seen before include "Child" , "Scottish boy" , "(Scots) boy" , "Sonny" , "Youngster" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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