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Adolescent limped: he’s gone over on uncovered toys (11)

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I believe the answer is:

hobbledehoy

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'adolescent' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
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'limped he's gone over on uncovered toys' is the wordplay.
'limped' becomes 'hobbled' ('hobble' can be a synonym of 'limp').
'gone over' says the letters should be written backwards.
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (in a down clue, letters appear on others).
'uncovered' indicates the central letters.
The middle letters of 'toys' are 'oy'.
'he' written backwards gives 'eh'.
'hobbled'+'eh'+'oy'='HOBBLEDEHOY'

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(Other definitions for hobbledehoy that I've seen before include "Awkward youth" , "Clumsy old youth" .)

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