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A Gallic old flame, quoted as bored (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

unexcited

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'bored' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'a gallic old flame quoted' is the wordplay.
'a gallic' becomes 'un' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'old flame' becomes 'ex' (an ex-partner).
'quoted' becomes 'cited' ('cite' can be a synonym of 'quote').
'un'+'ex'+'cited'='UNEXCITED'

'as' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for unexcited that I've seen before include "In need of stimulation" , "Showing little emotion" , "Not emotionally roused" , "Impassive" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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