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Appropriate, your being old and secretive (8)

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I believe the answer is:

stealthy

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'secretive' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'appropriate your' is the wordplay.
'appropriate' becomes 'steal' (appropriate can mean to steal).
'your' becomes 'thy' ('thy' historically meant 'your').
'steal'+'thy'='STEALTHY'

'being old and' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for stealthy that I've seen before include "Unobtrusive" , "'Sneaky, clandestine (8)'" , "'Furtive, surreptitious (8)'" , "Covert - clandestine" , "Moving surreptitiously" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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