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Young male tot having rest outside (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

laddie

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'young male' is the definition.

'tot having rest outside' is the wordplay.
'tot' becomes 'add' ('add' can be a synonym of 'tot').
'having rest' becomes 'lie' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'outside' is an insertion indicator.
'add' put within 'lie' is 'LADDIE'.

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(Other definitions for laddie that I've seen before include "Youngster" , "Scottish boy" , "(Scots) boy" , "Sonny" , "Child" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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