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The idiotic teen clarified it (8,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

definite article

'the' is the definition.
('the' is the definite article in English)

'idiotic teen clarified it' is the wordplay.
'idiotic' is an anagram indicator.
'teen'+'clarified'+'it'='teenclarifiedit'
'teenclarifiedit' anagrammed gives 'DEFINITE ARTICLE'.

(Other definitions for definite article that I've seen before include "Black and white feature in paper" , "In English, it's always the" , "Maybe the" , "part of speech" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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