Young child damaged linen rugs (9)
I believe the answer is:
nurseling
'young child' is the definition.
'nurseling' can be an answer for 'child' (nurseling is a kind of child). I am unsure of the 'young' bit.
'damaged linen rugs' is the wordplay.
'damaged' indicates an anagram.
'linen'+'rugs'='linenrugs'
'linenrugs' is an anagram of 'NURSELING'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for nurseling that I've seen is " Baby".)
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