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Attlee’s and Mr Eden’s revised appropriate appellation? (5,9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

elder statesmen

'appellation?' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.

'attlee's and mr eden's revised' is the wordplay.
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'revised' indicates an anagram.
'mr'+'edens'='mredens'
'attlees' after 'mredens' is 'mredensattlees'.
'mredensattlees' anagrammed gives 'ELDER STATESMEN'.

'appropriate' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for elder statesmen that I've seen before include "wise old folk" , "respected politicians" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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