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On radio, a youth contributing to panto (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aladdin

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'panto' is the definition.
(Aladdin is a pantomime)

'on radio a youth' is the wordplay.
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'radio' becomes 'din' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'youth' becomes 'lad' (lad means a young man).
'a'+'lad'='alad'
'din' put after 'alad' is 'ALADDIN'.

'contributing to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for aladdin that I've seen before include "Panto lead role" , "Magic lamp man" , "pantomime role" , "Panto character with magic lamp (7)" , "PANTO (part title)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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