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Issue facing child with its bottom (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

emit

'issue' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

I cannot understand how the remainder of the clue works.

(Other definitions for emit that I've seen before include "Give off, gas say" , "Exhale" , "Give off or discharge" , "Produce and discharge" , "shed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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