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Aged fellow starts to collapse (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fold

'to collapse' is the definition.
(as in a business folding)

'aged fellow starts' is the wordplay.
'aged' becomes 'old' (similar in meaning).
'fellow' becomes 'F' (abbreviation - of a society etc.).
'starts' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'old' after 'f' is 'FOLD'.

(Other definitions for fold that I've seen before include "stop functioning" , "Church following" , "Congregation; (firm) go bankrupt" , "Members of church" , "Collapse; bend in half" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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