The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word TEENS
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result TEENS
- Support bridge team for a few years
- Youngsters finding last of salmon in river
- Elite ensemble comprising 14-19 year olds
- Youngsters support partners
- Oddly send up sincerest youngsters
- Young people have pole placed in river
- After 12, starting to “endearingly” emulate naff singers
- To South Arcot these young people get glossy fabrics
- Support partners for a period of seven years
- Many new voters nervous, moving back to the middle
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The straight part
We know that "14-19 year olds" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case 14-19 year olds = teens.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does TEENS mean?
TEENS noun- A teenager.
- Grief; sorrow; trouble.
- Vexation; anger; hate.
- The numbers between thirteen and nineteen.
- The time of life between thirteen and nineteen years old; the teenage years.
- The second decade of a century: the 1910s, 2010s, etc. The oneties, the tens.
- (temperature, rates) The range between 10 and 19.