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Youngster bored by liberal society (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

club

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'society' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'youngster bored by liberal' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'liberal' could be 'l' (abbreviation) and 'l' is located in the answer.
'youngster' could be 'cub' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'cub' is found within the leftover letters.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for club that I've seen before include "Society - weapon" , "member in black suit > bash" , "beat" , "wood, perhaps" , "Association of people with similar interests" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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