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Stripling (3)

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I believe the answer is:

lad

'stripling' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for lad that I've seen before include "(Housman's Shropshire) boy" , "Youngster" , "Boy or youth" , "Boy, young man" , "A young chap into ballads" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal, the Evening Standard and The New York Times.
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