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Agnes loses heart and grows old (4)

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I believe the answer is:

ages

'grows old' is the definition.
('age' can be a synonym of 'grow old')

'agnes loses heart' is the wordplay.
'loses heart' suggests removing the centre.
'agnes' with its middle taken out is 'AGES'.

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for ages that I've seen before include "Yonks" , "Awfully long time" , "... of Man, according to WB Yeats" , "Sage (anag)" , "A long time (colloq.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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