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Old guard fret about young miscreant (6,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

artful dodger

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'young miscreant' is the definition.
I know that 'young' relates to this answer.

'old guard fret about' is the wordplay.
'about' is an anagram indicator.
'old'+'guard'+'fret'='oldguardfret'
'oldguardfret' with letters rearranged gives 'ARTFUL DODGER'.

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(Other definitions for artful dodger that I've seen before include "Young criminal" , "Character in Oliver Twist" , "One of Fagin's gang (Oliver Twist)" , "young offender" , "novel thief - with 4a" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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