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The Clue
Starting to mature (9 letter answer)
The Answer
PUBESCENT
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Notes
The answer PUBESCENT is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
PUBESCENT as an adjective:
1. (of animals especially human beings) having arrived at the onset of puberty (the age at which sex glands become functional) but not yet fully mature; "the budding breasts of a pubescent girl and the downy chin of pubescent boy"
2. (downy, pubescent, puberulent, sericeous) = covered with fine soft hairs or down; "downy milkweed seeds"