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Contact that hurts juvenile (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

callow

'juvenile' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'contact that hurts' is the wordplay.
'contact' becomes 'call'.
'that hurts' becomes 'ow'.
'call'+'ow'='CALLOW'

(Other definitions for callow that I've seen before include "Inexperienced or innocent" , "23 [BRIGHTONIAN] actor" , "lacking experience of life" , "Young and inexperienced" , "Jejune" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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