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Pre-adolescent child, affectedly quaint, developed anger (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tweenager

'pre-adolescent child' is the definition.
(tweenager can mean a young teenager)

'affectedly quaint developed anger' is the wordplay.
'affectedly quaint' becomes 'twee' (twee can mean quaint or cute).
'developed' is an anagram indicator.
'anger' anagrammed gives 'nager'.
'twee'+'nager'='TWEENAGER'

(Other definitions for tweenager that I've seen before include "exasperating twelve-year-old" , "Precocious child" , "adolescent" , "Youngster" , "(Informally) a child approaching the age of 13?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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