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Youngster I left with daughter after church (5)

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I believe the answer is:

child

'youngster' is the definition.
('child' can be a synonym of 'youngster')

'i left with daughter after church' is the wordplay.
'left' becomes 'l' (common abbreviation**).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'daughter' becomes 'd'.
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'church' becomes 'ch' (common abbreviation).
'i'+'l'='il'
'il'+'d' is 'ild'.
'ild' put after 'ch' is 'CHILD'.

(Other definitions for child that I've seen before include "Offspring" , "Not an adult" , "Infant" , "Minor" , "Immature human" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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