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Too young for nude swimming craze (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

underage

'too young' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'nude swimming craze' is the wordplay.
'swimming' is an anagram indicator.
'craze' becomes 'rage' ('rage' can be a synonym of 'craze').
'nude' is an anagram of 'unde'.
'unde'+'rage'='UNDERAGE'

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for underage that I've seen before include "Not old enough to exercise legal right" , "one too young" , "Too tender" , "Not legally old enough" , "Need a rug (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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