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Young child crying, throwing a wobbly (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tottery

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'a wobbly' is the definition.
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'young child crying throwing' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'young' could be 'y' and 'y' is present in the answer.
'child' could be 'tot' (term for a young child) and 'tot' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'ter' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for tottery that I've seen before include "Moving unsteadily" , "close to collapse" , "rocking" , "Unstable on one's feet" , "Unsteady (on one's feet)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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