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Youth has a benefit posted, reportedly (10)

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I believe the answer is:

adolescent

'youth' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'a benefit posted reportedly' is the wordplay.
'benefit' becomes 'dole' (I've seen this before).
'posted' becomes 'sent' ('send' can be a synonym of 'post').
'reportedly' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'sent' is a homophone of 'scent'.
'a'+'dole'+'scent'='ADOLESCENT'

'has' is the link.

(Other definitions for adolescent that I've seen before include "Teenage" , "Immature" , "Person in child-adult transition" , "One growing" , "Developing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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