Account by a young person should be reliable (8)

I believe the answer is:

accurate

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'reliable' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'account by a young person' is the wordplay.
'account' becomes 'ac' (abbreviation for account).
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'a young person' becomes 'curate' (curate is a kind of person. I am not sure about the 'young' bit.).
'ac'+'curate'='ACCURATE'

'should be' is the link.

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(Other definitions for accurate that I've seen before include "carefully and precisely" , "Care a cut is exact" , "Totally correct" , "faithful" , "Careful, precise" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.

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