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Is youngster up to finding restaurant? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

canteen

'restaurant?' is the definition.
(both can mean somewhere to eat)

'is youngster up to' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'youngster' could be 'teen' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'teen' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'can' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

'finding' is the link.

(Other definitions for canteen that I've seen before include "Office eating area" , "Soldier's water-flask" , "Water or cutlery container" , "Workplace restaurant" , "Cafe, flask and cutlery box" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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