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1950s youth from current book featuring in play (5,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

teddy boy

'1950s youth' is the definition.
(reference to 1950s subculture)

'current book featuring in play' is the wordplay.
'current' becomes 'eddy' (eddy is a kind of current**).
'book' becomes 'b'.
'featuring in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'play' becomes 'toy' ('toy' can be a synonym of 'play').
'eddy'+'b'='eddyb'
'eddyb' placed within 'toy' is 'TEDDY BOY'.

'from' is the link.

(Other definitions for teddy boy that I've seen before include "old rock-and-roller" , "Dressy adolescent of the '50s" , "Mid-1950s British youth with long sideboards" , "Quiff owner of the 1950s" , "Unruly adolescent of the 1950s" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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