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First of children in damaged cart, shy and uncomfortable (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scratchy

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'uncomfortable' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'first of children in damaged cart shy' is the wordplay.
'first of children' becomes 'c' (1st letter of 'children').
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'damaged' indicates anagramming the letters.
'cart'+'shy'='cartshy'
'cartshy' with letters rearranged gives 'scrathy'.
'c' going inside 'scrathy' is 'SCRATCHY'.

'and' is the link.

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(Other definitions for scratchy that I've seen before include "bad-tempered" , "after scoring" , "Itchy" , "(Of sound) rough, grating" , "Playing badly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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