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Hostess with young man stretching limits of legality (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

landlady

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'hostess' is the definition.
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'with young man stretching limits of legality' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'with' could be 'and' and 'and' is located in the answer.
'young' could be 'y' and 'y' is found within the answer.
'man' could be 'lad' (I have seen 'Young man' mean 'lad' so perhaps 'man' could also mean 'lad') and 'lad' is present in the answer.
A single letter 'l' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for landlady that I've seen before include "Person offering property to rent" , "Lodging keeper" , "She takes in lodgers" , "Woman with tenants, or a pub" , "Renter" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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