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The issue with his novel - it's juvenile (8)

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I believe the answer is:

childish

'juvenile' is the definition.
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'the issue with his novel' is the wordplay.
'the issue' becomes 'child' (I've seen this before**).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'novel' is an anagram indicator.
'his' with letters rearranged gives 'ish'.
'child'+'ish'='CHILDISH'

'it's' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for childish that I've seen before include "Juvenile" , "Puerile" , "Silly, immature" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times and the Irish Times (Crosaire).
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