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Ancient, he still has loads arranged (2,3,2,3,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

as old as the hills

'ancient' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'he still has loads arranged' is the wordplay.
'arranged' indicates anagramming the letters (letters rearranged).
'he'+'still'+'has'+'loads'='hestillhasloads'
'hestillhasloads' anagrammed gives 'AS OLD AS THE HILLS'.

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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