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Demon beginning to corrupt youth in America, bouncing up and down (8)

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I believe the answer is:

succubus

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'demon' is the definition.
(I know that succubus is a type of demon)

'beginning to corrupt youth in america bouncing up and down' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'america' could be 'us' (United States) and 'us' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Another definition for succubus that I've seen is " Nocturnal female demon".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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