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Inexperienced and going to pieces in an emergency (5)

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I believe the answer is:

green

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'inexperienced' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'and going to pieces in an emergency' is the wordplay.
'and' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation for 'and').
'going to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'pieces in an emergency' becomes 'gree' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'n' after 'gree' is 'GREEN'.

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(Other definitions for green that I've seen before include "Area around a golf hole" , "The colour of immaturity" , "conservationist" , "political activist" , "Unripe; envious" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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