The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word ING
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result ING
- One’s grazed in places: wound, superficially, not wide
- Starlet sincere in taking lead role?
- Girl who’s wet behind the ears, but possibly genuine
- Dotty genuine unsophisticated young woman
- Genuine criminal’s innocent
- Naive member of elected government not against appointed place for meeting
- Popular source of personal information about posh young actress
- Gerund ending
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The straight part
We know that "Girl who’s wet behind the ears" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case girl who’s wet behind the ears = ing.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does ING mean?
ING noun- A meadow, especially a low meadow near a river; water meadow.
- The letter for the ng sound /ŋ/ in Pitman shorthand.