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Rise includes state benefit for juvenile (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

adolescent

'juvenile' is the definition.
('adolescent' can be a synonym of 'juvenile')

'rise includes state benefit' is the wordplay.
'rise' becomes 'ascent' ('ascent' can be a synonym of 'rise').
'includes' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'state benefit' becomes 'dole'.
'ascent' placed around 'dole' is 'ADOLESCENT'.

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for adolescent that I've seen before include "sixth-former, say" , "Young person" , "One growing" , "At the stage between childhood and maturity" , "juvenile" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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