Grand old guard giving timely information (4,5)
I believe the answer is:
gold watch
'timely information' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'grand old guard' is the wordplay.
'grand' becomes 'g' (G is short for grand as in a thousand).
'guard' becomes 'watch' (watch is a kind of guard).
'g'+'old'+'watch'='GOLD WATCH'
'giving' is the link.
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