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Young boy in Belgium on cutting edge (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

blade

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

'young boy in belgium' is the wordplay.
'young boy' becomes 'lad' (lad can mean a boy or young man).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'belgium' becomes 'be' (abbreviation as in the top-level domain .be).
'lad' inserted within 'be' is 'BLADE'.

'on' is the link.

(Other definitions for blade that I've seen before include "Leaf, of grass, say" , "Runner on an ice-skate" , "London rail terminus" , "Cutting part of grass?" , "A knife, or a dashing fellow" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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