The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 plus 3 letter word LION CUB
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More clues leading to the result LION CUB
- It’s a pride issue, working with copper in library
- Young politician touring at the appropriate time, briefly
- Young mauler taking on copper in library
- Cat’s funny double chins she’d missed
- Uncoil naughty black young feline
- Some Mother’s Pride? Worried about one slice having no crusts
- One may be raised with pride
- Working with copper to break up party for wild kid
- Nurtured predator’s pride in daughter? On the contrary
- Pride member displayed in avoidance of praline centre in second of two chocolate bars
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "like Simba, for example, at a young age" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case like simba, for example, at a young age = lion cub.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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