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Silly yet vain innocence (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

naivety

'innocence' is the definition.
(naive can mean innocent or gullible)

'silly yet vain' is the wordplay.
'silly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'yet'+'vain'='yetvain'
'yetvain' is an anagram of 'NAIVETY'.

(Other definitions for naivety that I've seen before include "artlessness" , "Quality of excessive simplicity or innocence" , "Navy tie shows lack of sophistication" , "Lack of sophistication or worldliness" , "credulousness" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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