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Would apostle criticise Wendy's youth? (5,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

peter pan

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'youth?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'would apostle criticise wendy's' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'apostle' could be 'peter' (Peter is an example) and 'peter' is located in the answer.
'criticise' could be 'pan' (informal term meaning to criticise heavily) and 'pan' is found within the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for peter pan that I've seen before include "ageless character" , "Musical from Barrie play" , "Pantomime hero" , "D [Disney] made" , "Youth forever" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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