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Little reptile a newborn bugger? (4,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

baby monitor

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'a newborn bugger?' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.

'little reptile' is the wordplay.
'little' becomes 'baby'.
'reptile' becomes 'monitor' (monitor is a kind of reptile).
'baby'+'monitor'='BABY MONITOR'

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