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Programme on small child (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sprog

'child' is the definition.
(informal term for a child)

'programme on small' is the wordplay.
'programme' becomes 'prog' (short for programme).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'prog' put after 's' is 'SPROG'.

(Other definitions for sprog that I've seen before include "Baby (slang)" , "Child, colloquially" , "Kid" , "Child; recruit (mil. slang)" , "Infant" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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