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Help with technique identifying face on boy (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

benefit

'help' is the definition.
(I know that benefit is a type of help)

'technique identifying face on boy' is the wordplay.
'technique identifying face' becomes 'e-fit' (electronically generated face of crime suspect).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'boy' becomes 'ben' (boy's name).
'efit' after 'ben' is 'BENEFIT'.

'with' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for benefit that I've seen before include "Advantage or profit gained from something" , "Good" , "Fine bet (anag)" , "Payment" , "Fine bet on to produce an advantage" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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