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Young Robin's early years? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

childhood

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'early years?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'young robin's' is the wordplay.
'young' becomes 'child' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'robin' becomes 'hood' (I've seen this in other clues).
'child'+'hood'='CHILDHOOD'

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(Other definitions for childhood that I've seen before include "Extreme youth" , "Period of immaturity" , "Between infancy and adolescence" , "Early years" , "Minority" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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