Crossword Genius

Childhood in the imagination? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

infancy

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

'in the imagination?' is the wordplay.
'the imagination?' becomes 'fancy' (fancy is a kind of imagination).
'in'+'fancy'='INFANCY'

(Other definitions for infancy that I've seen before include "youth" , "First stage of life" , "Early stage of development" , "Early stages of" , "State of early childhood" .)

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