The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word YOUNG
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result YOUNG
- Immature, year-old gnu heading north
- Guy on ornate litter?
- . Junior solver gets nothing on vacation
- No guy is properly developed in early life
- Wilder scientist was described thus in the second person: no good
- Solvers no good as babies?
- Dear solver, no good being immature!
- New guy on manoeuvres
- Issue person addressed starts to niggle Government
- Canadian singer-songwriter, no longer this?
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "babies" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case babies = young.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 YOUNG mean?
YOUNG noun- People who are young; young people, collectively; youth.
- Young or immature offspring (especially of an animal).
- (possibly nonstandard) An individual offspring; a single recently born or hatched organism.
- To become or seem to become younger.
- To cause to appear younger.
- To exhibit younging.
- In the early part of growth or life; born not long ago.
- At an early stage of existence or development; having recently come into existence.
- (Not) advanced in age; (far towards or) at a specified stage of existence or age.
- Junior (of two related people with the same name).
- (of a decade of life) Early.
- Youthful; having the look or qualities of a young person.
- Of or belonging to the early part of life.
- Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak.