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Youngster brought to a Caribbean island (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cuba

'caribbean island' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'youngster brought to a' is the wordplay.
'youngster' becomes 'cub' (I've seen this in other clues**).
'brought to' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'cub'+'a'='CUBA'

(Other definitions for cuba that I've seen before include "Largest West Indies island" , "Island nation" , "Guantanamo Bay island" , "Its capital is Havana" , "neighbour to America" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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