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Jill's friend caught leaving appetisers for mischievous child (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

jackanapes

'mischievous child' is the definition.
(term for a mischievous person)

'jill's friend caught leaving appetisers' is the wordplay.
'jill's friend' becomes 'Jack' (as in the nursery rhyme Jack and Jill).
'caught' becomes 'c' (cricket abbreviation).
'leaving' is a deletion indicator.
'appetisers' becomes 'canapes' (I've seen this before).
'canapes' with 'c' taken away is 'anapes'.
'jack'+'anapes'='JACKANAPES'

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for jackanapes that I've seen before include "Conceited, impertinent person" , "Someone unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous" , "Cheeky kid - Japan's cake (anag)" , "Cheeky sort" , "Cheeky chappie" .)

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