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Carefree youth with a woman trapping American lawyer on board a ship (5,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

salad days

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

'a woman trapping american lawyer on board a ship' is the wordplay.
'woman' becomes 'lady' (lady is a kind of woman**).
'trapping' is an insertion indicator.
'american lawyer' becomes 'da' (abbreviation for District Attorney).
'on board' is an insertion indicator.
'a ship' becomes 'ss'.
'lady' placed around 'da' is 'ladday'.
'a'+'ladday'='aladday'
'aladday' put within 'ss' is 'SALAD DAYS'.

'with' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for salad days that I've seen before include "inexperienced youth" , "times when she was young" , "when one is young?" , "Time for a vegetarian diet" , "Carefree youth" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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