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Youth in stable employment? (3)

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lad

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'youth' is the definition.
(lad means a young man)

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(Other definitions for lad that I've seen before include "Stable worker" , "Stable employee" , "(Housman's Shropshire) boy" , "Shaver" , "Chap, fellow" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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