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More benevolent general framing painting in young kids’ school (12)

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I believe the answer is:

kindergarten

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'young kids' school' is the definition.
'kindergarten' can be an answer for 'school' (I've seen this before). I am unsure of the 'young kids'' bit.

'more benevolent general framing painting' is the wordplay.
'more benevolent' becomes 'kinder' ('kind' is associated in meaning with 'benevolent').
'general' becomes 'gen'.
'framing' means one lot of letters goes inside another (inserted letters are framed by the outside letters).
'painting' becomes 'art' (painting is an art).
'gen' placed around 'art' is 'garten'.
'kinder'+'garten'='KINDERGARTEN'

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for kindergarten that I've seen before include "Infant school" , "Nursery school" , "Where master may be" , "Children's school" , "Pre-school institution for little children" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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