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Cute anger management for a twelve year old (9)

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I believe the answer is:

tweenager

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'a twelve year old' is the definition.
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'cute anger management' is the wordplay.
'cute' becomes 'twee' (twee can mean cute or pretty).
'management' is an anagram indicator.
'anger' is an anagram of 'nager'.
'twee'+'nager'='TWEENAGER'

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(Other definitions for tweenager that I've seen before include "adolescent" , "Possibly a ten-year-old" , "Precocious child" , "Youngster" , "exasperating twelve-year-old" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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