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Made a satire about knight being treated like a child (5-3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spoon-fed

'treated like a child' is the definition.
(as in feeding a child with a spoon)

'made a satire about knight' is the wordplay.
'made a satire' becomes 'spoofed' (to spoof something is to satirise it).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'knight' becomes 'n' (chess abbreviation).
'spoofed' enclosing 'n' is 'SPOON-FED'.

'being' is the link.

(Other definitions for spoon-fed that I've seen before include "Feather-bedded" , "Cosseted" , "Artificially fostered" , "Given excessive help, like baby receiving nourishment" , "Mae life too easy for (someone)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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