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Youngster taking short vacation in extra small location (5-4)

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I believe the answer is:

cubby-hole

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'small location' is the definition.
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'youngster taking short vacation in extra' is the wordplay.
'youngster' becomes 'cub' (young bear).
'taking' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'short vacation' becomes 'hol' (holiday. I am not sure about the 'short' bit.).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'extra' becomes 'bye' (cricket term).
'hol' placed within 'bye' is 'byhole'.
'cub'+'byhole'='CUBBY-HOLE'

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(Another definition for cubby-hole that I've seen is " Small compartment".)

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