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Young people unhappily eat greens (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

teenagers

'young people' is the definition.
(people aged between twelve and twenty)

'unhappily eat greens' is the wordplay.
'unhappily' indicates an anagram.
'eat'+'greens'='eatgreens'
'eatgreens' with letters rearranged gives 'TEENAGERS'.

(Other definitions for teenagers that I've seen before include "Young people" , "They're between the onset of puberty and maturity, generally" , "They're aged between 13 and 19" , "Youngsters" , "Adolescents" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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