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Aged around 500,500? (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

old

'aged' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'around 500500?' is the wordplay.
'around' becomes 'o' (I've seen this in other clues).
'500500?' becomes 'ld' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'o'+'ld'='OLD'

(Other definitions for old that I've seen before include "Long in the tooth" , "Senescent" , "Wild clematis" , "Long-established" , "Obsolete" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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