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Juvenile teen's a clod, misbehaving (10)

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I believe the answer is:

adolescent

'juvenile' is the definition.
('adolescent' can be a synonym of 'juvenile')

'teen's a clod misbehaving' is the wordplay.
'misbehaving' is an anagram indicator.
'teens'+'a'+'clod'='teensaclod'
'teensaclod' with letters rearranged gives 'ADOLESCENT'.

(Other definitions for adolescent that I've seen before include "At the stage between childhood and maturity" , "Developing" , "Young person" , "Person in child-adult transition" , "Immature" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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