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Young creature mostly on back gets weaker (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lamer

'weaker' is the definition.
('lame' can be similar in meaning to 'weak')

'young creature mostly on back' is the wordplay.
'young creature' becomes 'lamb' (young sheep).
'mostly' means to remove the last letter.
'on' becomes 're' ('on' can be mean 'with reference to').
'back' is a reversal indicator.
're' back-to-front is 'er'.
'lamb' with its last letter taken away is 'lam'.
'lam'+'er'='LAMER'

'gets' is the link.

(Other definitions for lamer that I've seen before include "Less able to walk" , "not so powerful" , "Weaker, excuse perhaps" , "Less effective - realm (anag)" , "More feeble" .)

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