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Look after little devil causing harm (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

impair

'harm' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'look after little devil' is the wordplay.
'look' becomes 'air' (I've seen this before).
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'little devil' becomes 'imp' (I've seen this before).
'air' put after 'imp' is 'IMPAIR'.

'causing' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for impair that I've seen before include "Hurt or handicap" , "Hinder" , "blunt" , "Cause weakening of, damage" , "Harm" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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