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Savings teens misused going on vacation (4,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nest egg

'savings' is the definition.
(nest egg can mean someone's savings)

'teens misused going on vacation' is the wordplay.
'misused' indicates an anagram.
'going on' becomes 'going' (going is a kind of going on).
'vacation' suggests removing the centre (middle letters vacate the word).
'going' with its middle taken out is 'gg'.
'teens' with letters rearranged gives 'neste'.
'neste'+'gg'='NEST-EGG'

(Other definitions for nest egg that I've seen before include "a little money?" , "Is it to encourage laying" , "Fund for a rainy day" , "Reserve funds" , "Savings for the future" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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